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chichictlacotl.

Headword: 
chichictlacotl.
Principal English Translation: 

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

Orthographic Variants: 
chichictlacōtl
IPAspelling: 
tʃitʃiktɬɑkoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHICHICTLACŌ-TL a tree from the bark of which quinine is extracted / palo amargo (Z) [(1)Zp.151]. This plant is also known as CHICHICCUAHU(I)-TL. See CHICHIC, TLACŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 47.