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zacateteztli.

Headword: 
zacateteztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of grass, hay (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
sɑkɑtetestɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

ZACATETEZ-TLI a type of grass, hay / zacate chino (T) [(1)Tp.220]. This may refer to chopped or ground up hay. See ZACA-TL, TETEZTIC.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 345.

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Plants, Trees, Flora