ocote
(əˈkəʊteɪ)
[Amer. Sp., f. Nahuatl ocotl torch.]
A resinous Mexican pine, Pinus montezumæ, or its wood; also = pitch pine. Also attrib.
| [1858 G. Gordon Pinetum 211 It [sc. Pinus teocote] is the ‘de'ocote’ or ‘Pino de'ocote’ (candle wood) of the Mexicans. 1861 E. B. Tylor Anahuac 336/2 Ocote (Aztec, ocotl), a pine-tree, pine-torch.] 1908 H. Gadow Through Southern Mexico iii. 50 The forest consists mainly of the long-leaved Pinus liophylla and the ‘ocote’ or Pinus montezumae, which much resembles our Scotch fir. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serp. vii. 129 The boy..sat apart watching the two ocote torches. 1927 ― Mornings in Mexico 10 There is a resinous smell of ocote wood. 1938 Amer. Speech XIII. 113 The name [ocotillo] is a derivative of Mexican-Spanish ocote, a word also applied to pitch-pines or the wood they yield. |