Definitions
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- noun A
Central American plant with sweet-scented leaves used to flavor food, Piper auritum
Etymologies
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From Spanish hoja + santa
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Examples
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Bummed, I steered toward the barbacoa burritos, stuffed with lamb, treated to a chili paste rub and slow steam bath perfumed with apples, peppers and hoja santa, the Mexican herb redolent of root beer and eucalyptus.
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Bummed, I steered toward the barbacoa burritos, stuffed with lamb, treated to a chili paste rub and slow steam bath perfumed with apples, peppers and hoja santa, the Mexican herb redolent of root beer and eucalyptus.
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