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cuauhtopilli.

Headword: 
cuauhtopilli.
Principal English Translation: 

cross decorated with flowers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtōpīlli
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwtoːpiːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHTŌPĪL-LI pl: -MEH cross decorated with flowers / cruz floreada ( que usan en el casamiento) (T) [(2)Tp.120]. See CUAHU(I)-TL, TŌPĪL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 65.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora