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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: American Spanish, from Nahuatl ahm?lli soap Date: 1831 a plant part (as a root) possessing detergent properties and serving as a substitute for soap; also a plant (as a yucca or agave) so used

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amole A*mo"le, n. [Mex.] (Bot.) Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, as the roots of Agave Americana, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, etc. [Sp. Amer. & Mex.]