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altzapotl.

Headword: 
altzapotl.
Principal English Translation: 

type of sapota, the fruit of which has a narcotic effect (Lucuma salicifolia) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āltzapotl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːltsɑpotɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀLTZAPO-TL pl: -MEH type of sapota, the fruit of which has a narcotic effect (Lucuma salicifolia) / zapote borracho (T)[(1)Tp.170]. See TZAPO-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 9.

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