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tejocote

Spanish, noun/texoˈkote/

tejocote is spelled T-E-J-O-C-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tejocote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Crataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Crataegus mexicana), el tejocote, nombre que se le da al fruto del árbol del mismo nombre”.

What does tejocote mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    MexicomasculineCrataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn

  2. 2

    Mexicomasculinethe small, yellowish fruit of this tree

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Crataegus mexicana), el tejocote, nombre que se le da al fruto del árbol del mismo nombre.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tejocote

  • tejocotes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tejocote?

  • /texoˈkote/
  • [t̪e.xoˈko.t̪e]
  • [t̪exoˈkot̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tejocote in Spanish?

tejocote appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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