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Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly as spoken in Mexico and Mesoamerica), also called Nahuatlismos include an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables, (iii) foods and beverages, and (iv) domestic appliances. Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl.
The name arracacha (or racacha) was borrowed into Spanish from Quechua raqacha, [2] and is used in the Andean region. The plant is also called apio or apio criollo (" Creole celery ") in Venezuela, apio in Puerto Rico , zanahoria blanca ("white carrot") in Ecuador , and virraca in Peru .
Calabaza fruits for sale in a supermarket in the Philippines Calabaza vine. Calabaza is the generic name in the Spanish language for any type of winter squash.Within an English-language context it specifically refers to the West Indian pumpkin, a winter squash typically grown in the West Indies, tropical America, and the Philippines.
Escalivada (Catalan pronunciation: [əskəliˈβaðə]; Spanish pronunciation: [eskaliˈβaða]), also sometimes transcribed in French as 'escalibade' and in Spanish as escalibada, [1] is a traditional dish from Roussillon, Catalonia, València, Murcia and Aragón of smoky grilled vegetables. [2]
The fruit goes by many English-language names around the world. "Chayote", the common American English name of the fruit (outside of Louisiana) is from the Spanish word chayote, a derivative of the Nahuatl word chayohtli (pronounced [t͡ʃaˈjoʔt͡ɬi]). [5] It is known as 'Pataste' in Honduras and 'Güisquil' in both western Honduras and El ...
Callaloo (/ ˌ k æ l ə ˈ l uː / KAL-ə-LOO, [1] Jamaican Patois:; many spelling variants, such as kallaloo, calaloo, calalloo, calaloux, or callalloo) [2] [3] is a plant used in popular dishes in many Caribbean countries, while for other Caribbean countries, a stew made with the plant is called callaloo. Cuisines, including the plant ...
A popular and famous Valencia creation is paella, a rice dish cooked in a circular pan and topped with vegetables and meats (originally rabbit and chicken). [71] Dishes such as arroz con costra , arròs negre , fideuá , arròz al horn (arròs al forn in the Valencian language ) , and rice with beans and turnips are also common in the city.
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, commonly known as black salsify or Spanish salsify, also known as black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass or simply scorzonera, is a perennial species of plant in the sunflower family (), cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), also in the sunflower family. [1]