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tehuitzotl.

Headword: 
tehuitzotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of lily (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tehuītzotl
IPAspelling: 
tewiːtsotɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TEHUĪTZO-TL a type of lily / tehuitzote (planta para fiestas) (Z) [(1)Zp.219]. This has only a single attestation in Z. If it is derived from TEHUITZ-TLI, the vowel of the second syllable should be short.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 219.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora