Glossary — X

 

xeno-philic

foreign-domestic, guest-host (language=Yeibichai with Ellinika' roots)

 

Xhosa

a Ngoni Bantu-speaking people of eastern Cape Province related to the Zulu [Webster]

 

xocoatl

the first hot chocolate, a bitter, cocoa-bean drink offered to Hernán Cortés by Montezuma, chief of the Aztecs (language=Náhuatl) [Encyclopædia Britannica; see cue/www=britannica.com]

 

xtomatl

tomato (language=Náhuatl); the plant originated in the Andes Mountains, but wasn't domesticated until the Aztecs cultivated, ate and named the plant tomatl, or xtomatl. Cortés and his explorers founds tomatoes in Aztec markets in the early 16th century and took seed back to Spain. Botanically, the tomato is a fruit or berry belonging to the nightshade family. Legally, the tomato is a vegetable. This was decided in 1893 when an importer contended the tomato was a fruit and wasn't subject to vegetable import duties. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the tomato would be considered a vegetable when it was served in a soup or with the main course of a meal; and a fruit when eaten out of hand or as dessert. [The National Garden Bureau and "Burpee Tomatoes" by Robert Hendrickson (Macmillan USA)]