xochiocotzotl.

Headword:

xochiocotzotl.

Principal English Translation:

balsam, sometimes a liquid, sometimes sticky, of a reddish yellow color, aromatic and tart tasting

Orthographic Variants:

xuchiocotzotl, xochiocozotl

IPAspelling:

ʃoːtʃiokoːtsotɬ

Alonso de Molina:

xochiocotzotl. liquidambar zahumerio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 160r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

xuchiocotzotl. liquidambar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish:

"Usan para sahumarse, de un xochiocozotl y de cópale y, para echarsebizmas para algún frío, usan de la resina del pino que ellos llaman ocozotl."
"Nochiztlan: New World Nature," https://nwn.dhinitiative.org/search-archive/node/902

themes:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense

Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)