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chicalotl.

Headword: 
chicalotl.
Principal English Translation: 

an herb or plant that has thorns

IPAspelling: 
tʃikɑlotɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

chicalotl. yerua que lleua abrojos o espinas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents chicalotl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora