mexochitl.

Headword: 
mexochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal shrub that is as tall as a human being when standing; has small flowers, yellow with a little red, in dense clusters, and pods that are reminiscent of chile peppers

IPAspelling: 
meʃoːtʃitɬ
Attestations from sources in English: 

"The leaves, crushed, are taken for poisonous animal bites, because by causing the patient to vomit they return him to health. The same, applied to wounds or sores in which there are worms, dispel and kill them." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 130.