a tree sapling or a start for transplanting (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauh ixualli, quauh ixhualli
Alonso de Molina:
quauh ixualli. pimpollo o renueuo de arbol para trasponer. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.