mogote

[ muh-goh-tee ]

noun

1. a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
2. Southwestern U.S. a patch of thickly grown brush or dense shrubbery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mogote¹

First recorded in 1925–30; from Central American Spanish, Spanish: “knoll, stack of sheaves”

Example Sentences

At the mogote, however, we were already near the Parracho highway and at once struck into it.

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