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azcacuahuitl.

Headword: 
azcacuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of tree that serves as a host for a species of ant that makes its nest within it (Cordia alliodora, Cordia gerascanthus, Cerdana alliodora) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āzcacuahuitl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːskɑkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀZCACUAHU(I)-TL a type of tree that serves as a host for a species of ant that makes its nest within it (Cordia alliodora, Cordia gerascanthus, Cerdana alliodora ) / hormiguillo (árbol) (Z) [(1)Zp.141]. See ĀZCA-TL, CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 17.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
cuahuitl.