agarita

[ ag-uh-ree-tuh, ah-guh- ]

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noun

a tall shrub, Mahonia trifoliolata, of the barberry family, of southwestern North America, having stiff, oblong leaflets with spiny teeth and a red fruit used in jelly.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1885–90, Americanism; from Mexican Spanish agrito, probably derivative of Spanish agrio “b��ٳٱ��,” Old Spanish agro, from Latin �峦��- (stem of �峦�� “s�󲹰��”)

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In New England there would be squash and plum pudding, in the South rice and yams, in Texas a big cut-glass bowl of homemade, ruby-red agarita jelly.

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