Definitions for amole

amole a·mo·le

Spelling: [uh-moh-ley; Spanish ah-maw-le]
IPA: /əˈmoʊ leɪ; Spanish ɑˈmɔ lɛ/

Amole is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in amole (aelmo).

Definitions for amole

noun

  1. the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
  2. any such plant itself.

Origin of amole

Mexican Spanish Nahuatl ahmōlli soap

Examples for amole

It was not long before Donald spied an amole, and having found one, discovered many others growing near.

The "soap-plant" (amole) is one which appears to be among the most serviceable.

Just where the desert began to climb the mountain Linda had for a long time watched a big bed of amole.

Their food is amole, bellota and pinole and their chiefs are called Mule and Yuma.

They washed their clothing with a soapy root,—the amole, now similarly used by Indians and Mexicans throughout the Southwest.

amole root is macerated and beaten up and down in a bowl of water until a good lather and suds are produced.

In the meantime eight or ten men have gathered the amole and soke.

The prickly pear and the fruit of the amole, or hosh-kon, are much favored when ripe.

amole and sagebrush and cactus vied with each other to relieve the dead, flat, monotonous brown.

I've got the deer-brush spotted, and we'll pass an amole before we go very far.

Word Value for amole
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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