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Word History Etymology Spanish talayote, a kind of gourd, from Nahuatl tlalayotli, from thalli earth + ayotli gourd Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary....