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xochiyotl.

Headword: 
xochiyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the essence or being of flowers, matters having to do with flowers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xōchiyōtl
IPAspelling: 
ʃoːtʃiyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

XŌCHIYŌ-TL the essence or being of flowers, matters having to do with flowers / el ser de las flores (C) [(2)Cf.53r,83r]. See XŌCHI-TL, -YŌ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 329.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora