Root used as a cleanser in Mexico

• Whac-___ (carnival game)
• Plant used as soap
• Soap-producing plant
• Plant whose roots are used as detergent
• Root used as a soap substitute
• Mexican agave
• Detergent root
• Plant with detergent properties
• Whac- -- (reflex-testing carnival game)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1831, from Mexican Spanish amole , from Nahuatl (Aztecan) amolli "soap-root."