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.

themes:

Flowers

Plants, Trees, Flora

Water