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xoxocotl.

Headword: 
xoxocotl.
Principal English Translation: 

guava (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
jojocotl
IPAspelling: 
ʃoʃokotɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

XOXOCO-TL guava / guayaba, pomarrosa [(2)Tp.247]. See XOCO-TL, XĀLXOCO-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 331.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Nicolas Jojoccotl is mentioned in parish records of San Bartolomé Capulhuac (Acapulhuac, Capolohuac, etc.) of 1617.
Salt Lake City, Genealogical Library, microfilm 695644, 1612–1651. Harvested from the microfilm by Stephanie Wood.