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xochitonal chalchihuitl.

Headword: 
xochitonal chalchihuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a piece of jade; or, urine (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xuchitonal chalchiuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

xuchitonal chalchiuitl. piedra para la hijada o orina.
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 English: 

"Piedra de la jada" was the name Spaniards gave jade in New Spain.
Real Academia Española on line dictionary.