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xicalpetztli.
Headword:
xicalpetztli.
Principal English Translation:
large, decorated gourds
Attestations from sources in English:
La plancha 7 [de la Memoria de Alzate] ilustra un 'xicalpestle' con grana; la palabra sobrevive en el Istmo de Tehuantepec para designar grandes calabazos maqueados. La forma náhuatl original, xi:calpetztli, se compone de xi:calli (jícara'), y petztli, del verbo petzoa ('acicalar, bruñir')