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quimichcuitlaxochitl.

Headword: 
quimichcuitlaxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of flower (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quimichcuitlaxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
kimitʃkwitɬɑʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

QUIMICHCUITLAXŌCHI-TL a type of flower / flor de ratón (X) [(3)Xp.70]. QUIMICH-IN 'mouse' is sometimes used as a diminutive, so this may mean 'dwarf CUITLAXŌCHI-TL, lesser poinsetta.' The Spanish gloss treats the name literally. See QUIMICH-IN, CUITLAXŌCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 211.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora