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tecomaxochitl.

Headword: 
tecomaxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a member of the nightshade family, cup of gold (Solandra nitida) or wild cotton (Cochlospermum vitifolium) (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tecomaxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
tekomɑʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TECOMAXŌCHI-TL a member of the nightshade family, cup of gold (Solandra nitida) or wild cotton (Cochlospermum vitifolium) / nombre de dos flores de figura particular (R), copa de oro, tecomaxochitl (K) [(1)Rp.130]. R has MAC for MA. See TECOM(A)-TL, XOCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 217.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora