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papalocuahuitl.

Headword: 
papalocuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

tropical elm tree (Ulmus mexicana) (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pāpālōcuahuitl
IPAspelling: 
pɑːpɑːloːkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

PĀPĀLŌCUAHU(I)-TL tropical elm tree (Ulmus mexicana) / papalote (árbol) (Z) [[I)Zp.181). See PĀPĀLŌ-TL, CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 187.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora