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tlacotequilizpatli.

Headword: 
tlacotequilizpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal shrub with lots of branches, leaves that resemble the oregano, and small white flowers; known in the upper Mixteca

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacotequilizpahtli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑkotekilispɑhtɬi
Attestations from sources in English: 

"Its decoction cures ills of the chest, expels wind, and mitigates pains of the stomach and belly." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 131.