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tlacuauhtilizpatli.

Headword: 
tlacuauhtilizpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal plant (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacuauhtilizpahtli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑkwɑwtilispɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLACUAUHTILIZPAH-TLI a medicinal plant / cierta planta medicinal (R) [(1)Rp.147]. The name of this plant suggest that it is used to treat impotence. It literally means ‘medicine or potion for stiffening something’. See TLACUAUHTILIĀ, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 258.

themes: 
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora