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cacaloxochyo.

Headword: 
cacaloxochyo.
Principal English Translation: 

plumeria flower design
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 184.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Seen as cacaloxochyo tilmahtli = the cape with the plumeria flower design (Olko cites Seler and Sahagún)
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 184.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora
Textiles, Clothing