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tlalocotzitzin.

Headword: 
tlalocotzitzin.
Principal English Translation: 

candlewood, ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieria formosa) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlālocotzitzin
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlokotsitsin
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀLOCOTZITZIN candlewood, ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieria formosa) / ocotillo (planta) (Z) [(2)Zp.90,209]. This is a plural form, perhaps reflecting the way this plant branches away from its base. See TLĀL-LI, OCO-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 276.