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sotol

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so·tol  (stl)
n.
1. Any of several tall woody plants of the genus Dasylirion of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico, having prickly-margined leaves and a large panicle of whitish unisexual flowers.
2. An alcoholic beverage produced from the trunks of these plants.

[Perhaps from Spanish soto, thicket, woods, from Latin saltus, narrow pass, woodland.]


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There are generally two types of woven baskets that this Tribe makes yucca or sotol as it is also called, and baskets made of pine needles.
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