⚠ Site currently under repair ⚠

Search Issues: Update 2026-08-06

Some of our more complex, multi-field searches (such as the search field on our homepage and Search All Fields) are currently under repair and may not work as expected.

Thank you to all our users who emailed to alert us to the problem! We hope to have it repaired soon.

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

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.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora