Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

seed pod of devil’s claw (whose dried seeds are eaten to treat prostate inflamation)

(Spanish) vaina de garra del diablo (cuyas semillas secas se come para curar la inflamación de la próstata)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

white prickly pear fruit

(Spanish) fruta de nopal blanco

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

bushy matgrass

(Spanish) pitiona

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

agave to plant

(Spanish) agave para trasplantar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bush sunflower (wild flower fed to chickens)

(Spanish) acahual delgado

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cornfield

(Spanish) milpa

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

plumiera, frangipani noun

(Spanish) flor tres de mayo

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

flower used for crowns on Thursday of holy week

(Spanish) flor de mayo, cacaloxúchitl, flor que sirve para coronas el jueves de la semana santa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

yellow flower of the geb plant (always blooms during late october, early november)

(Spanish) flor amarillo de acahual

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

flower for the day of the dead

(Spanish) flor de muerto (silvestre)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

local variety of fresh chilli pod

(Spanish) Chile de árbol

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

devil's grass

(Spanish) zacatón del diablo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

knocked down milpa

(Spanish) milps acostada

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

biznaga cactus fruit (which lizards eat)

(Spanish) chile de lagartija

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

mulberry (what silkworms eat)

(Spanish) mora (lo que come los gusanos de seda)

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

castor oil plant noun

(Spanish) higuerilla

Example: Bën Za rtub de shi cos la’án bndag ya blap. see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

cactus that produces white cactus fruit

(Spanish) órganos que dan tunas blancas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

huizache noun

(Spanish) huizache

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

ahuehuete tree, Montezuma cypress tree, sabino tree noun

(Spanish) árbol ahuehuete (sabino)

Example: Bën Za blilo Yaguiits uxan de xculdeb, ze beldzi Yaguiits zub Ndua’á, nde zub Lachigolo. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

female tree of pájaro bobo (heart shaped leaf)

(Spanish) árbol de pájaro bobo hembra (hoja formado como corazón)

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

red spruce tree noun

(Spanish) piru

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

lime tree, lemon tree

(Spanish) limonero

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

blackbead fruit (wild fruit that looks like huaje)

(Spanish) huamuche

Scientific name: Pithecellobium Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

saltbush plant

(Spanish) chamizo

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales