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chichilticcuahuitl.

Headword: 
chichilticcuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

candlewood, a spiny red-flowering bush (Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieria formosa) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīlticcuahuitl
IPAspelling: 
tʃiːtʃiːltikkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪCHĪLTICCUAHU(I)-TL candlewood, a spiny red-flowering bush (Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieria formosa) / ocotillo (Z) [(2)Zp.90,151]. See CHĪCHĪLTIC, CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 48.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora