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tzopelicxihuitl.

Headword: 
tzopelicxihuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

verbena, a plant with fragrant leaves (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzopēlicxihuitl
IPAspelling: 
tsopeːlikʃiwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TZOPĒLICXIHU(I)-TL verbena, a plant with fragrant leaves / hierba dulce (Z) [(2)Zp.67,227]. See TZOPĒLIC, XIHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 318.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)