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ateconxochitl.

Headword: 
ateconxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the flower of the guaje vine (Lagenaria siceraria, Lagenaria leucantha), the fruits of which are made into water containers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āteconxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːtekonʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀTECONXŌCHI-TL pl: -MEH flower of the guaje vine (Lagenaria siceraria, Lagenaria leucantha), The fruits of which are made into water containers / flor de huaje (X)[(1)Xp.28]. X does not mark the first vowel long. See ĀTECOM(A)-TL, XŌCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 12.

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