medicinal plant of the bean family the root of which can be used to induce vomiting (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
cimapahtli
IPAspelling:
simɑpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen:
CIMAPAH-TLI medicinal plant of the bean family the root of which can be used to induce vomiting / cierta planta medicinal (R) [(1)Rp.75]. See CIMA-TL, PAH-TLI. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 35.