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exotl.

Headword: 
exotl.
Principal English Translation: 

green bean or lima bean (see Molina); e(tl) + xotl

IPAspelling: 
eʃoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

exotl. frisol o haua verde.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 29v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

EXŌ-TL green bean / frijol o haba verde (M) See E-TL, XŌ-
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 78.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
xotl.