huauzontle

From Spanish huauzontle.

huauzontle (uncountable)

1. A flowering plant of the goosefoot family, Chenopodium berlandieri, consumed primarily for its edible inflorescence.

   Synonyms: Aztec broccoli, pitseed goosefoot

• huazontle

From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.

• IPA^(key): /w̝auˈθontle/ [w̝au̯ˈθõn̪.t̪le] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /w̝auˈsontle/ [w̝au̯ˈsõn̪.t̪le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ontle
• Syllabification: huau‧zon‧tle

huauzontle m (plural huauzontles)

1. (Mexico) huauzontle

• huauzontle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “huauzontle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025