Plural of cibol; a type of wild onion or related plant with edible bulbs.
From Spanish 'cíbola,' originally referring to buffalo but also applied to wild onions found in North American prairies. The term may derive from Nahuatl or other indigenous languages via Spanish transmission.
Cibols show how Spanish and indigenous peoples shared botanical knowledge on the frontier—these wild onions were food for both cultures, and the word traveled between languages just like the people did.
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