page_title: List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin
section_title: Plants, fruits and vegetables
hierarchical_section_title: List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin / Plants, fruits and vegetables
caption_attribution_description: English: A row of jitomate in a market in Tepoztlan, Mexico December 2006 Esperanto: Tomatoj en bazaro en Tepoztlan, Meksiko Español: Tomates a la venta en un mercado en Tepoztlan, México Nāhuatl: Xītomatl tiyānquizpan, Tepoztlān
context_page_description: Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language include an extensive list of words that represent animals, plants, fruit and vegetables, foods and beverages, and domestic appliances.
  Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl. This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending. As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.
context_section_description: Achiote (Bixa orellana)
  Aguacate (Avocado)
  Ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum)
  Amate (a variety of fig)
  Anacahuite (Cordia boissieri)
  Anacua (Ehretia anacua)
  Cacao
  Camote (sweet potato)
  Cacahuete o cacahuate (peanut)
  Chayote
  Chilacayote
  Chile (chili pepper)
  Ejote (green bean)
  Elote (maize)
  Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides)
  Huizache (Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana)
  Huitlacoche (corn smut)
  Jícama
  Jinamaiste
  Jilote
  Jitomate (tomato)
  Mesquite
  Milpa
  Nejayote
  Nopal (cactus)
  Ochote
  Ocote (Pinus montezumae)
  Olote (cob without the corn)
  Peyote
  Quiote (the nectar-filled stem of the agave plant)
  Tepescohuite (Mimosa tenuiflora)
  Tomate (everywhere except Central Mexico—tomato; Central Mexico—tomatillo)
  Tule
  Xalapeño (jalapeño), from its place of origin, the town of Xalapa
  Zihuapaste
  Zacate (grass)
  Zapote (sapodilla)
caption: Jitomate at Tepoztlan market, Mexico
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