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aquilotl.

Headword: 
aquilotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a plant whose leaves have medicinal value (see attestations)

IPAspelling: 
ɑkilotɬ
Attestations from sources in English: 

"a voluble plant that grows next to water...a handful [of leaves] drunk with wine gets rid of flatulence; mashed and applied as a plaster, it loosens stiff limbs, and resolves tumors and abscesses." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 129.