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xilotzontli.

Headword: 
xilotzontli.
Principal English Translation: 

corn tassel (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīlōtzontli
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːloːtsontɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪLŌTZON-TLI corn tassel / raspa de espiga (M), cabello de elote (T) [(1)Tp.246, (3)Zp.22,228, (2)Xp.103]. T and X have the variant form XĪLŌMOTZON-TLI. See XĪLŌ-TL, TZON-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 325.

themes: 
Corn, Maize