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xochi atlapalli.

Headword: 
xochi atlapalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a flower or rose petal (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xuchi atlapalli, xochatlapal
Alonso de Molina: 

xuchi atlapalli. hoja de rosa o de flor.
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: 

notiahcatzin yn itocatzin Daniel Xochatlapal = mi hermano Daniel Oja Flor (San Juan Tenochtitlan, 1642)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 232–233.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora