to tinge something with the smell or color of roses, or to decorate something with flowers; to flower (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
xochiotia. nitla. (pret. onitlaxochioti.) enrosar, o adornar algo con flores.
xochiotia. nino. (pret. oninoxochioti.) florecer. 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.