How to pronounce jojoba

Originally, it should be pronounced like in Spanish [hoh-hoh-bah] (see: the definition of jojoba ). The word comes frome Mexican Spanish where it was loaned from Uto-Aztecan Definition of JOJOBA . the pronunciation of jojoba is hohoba. it is borrowed from maxican Spanish word jojoba and o’odham word hohowi.

If you’ve heard us pronounce it during a telephone conversation or, perhaps, at a trade show, you probably know the “j” in jojoba is a Spanish “j” and is pronounced like the English “h”, as in “ho ho ba”.

Jojoba /həˈhoʊbə/ ( listen), with the botanical name Simmondsia chinensis, and also known as goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bush, is native to the Southwestern United States.