nanacate

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl nanacatl (“mushroom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nanaˈkate/, [nanaˈkat̪e]

Noun

nanacate m (plural nanacates)

(Mexico) An edible or hallucinogenic mushroom.

See also

peyote

Further reading

“nanacate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 94

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