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chillapatli.
Headword:
chillapatli.
Principal English Translation:
a shrub with medicinal leaves
Orthographic Variants:
chillapahtli
IPAspelling:
tʃiːllɑpɑhtɬi
Attestations from sources in English:
"A shrub with a fibrous root...The flowers [are] scarlet...When a fistful of the leaves is taken with chilatolli, they say it has admirable effects if it is given to the people suffering from quartan fevers, {for} it gets rid of them right away." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)