a type of plant (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon) with medicinal uses (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
mācpalxōchitl
IPAspelling:
mɑːkpɑlʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen:
MĀCPALXŌCHI-TL a type of plant (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon) / manita, mano de león (K) This is not directly attested in the sources for this dictionary, but its component elements are. It has a diversity of medicinal uses as an anti-inflammatory agent, an anti-epileptic, and for heart ailments. See MĀCPAL-LI, XŌCHI-TL. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 129.