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chichiccuahuitl.

Headword: 
chichiccuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a tree from the bark of which quinine is extracted (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tʃitʃikkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHICHICCUAHU(I)-TL a tree from the bark of which quinine is extracted / palo amargo (Z) [(1)Zp.151,(3)Xp.41]. Another name for this plant is CHICHICTLACŌ-TL. See CHICHIC, CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 47.