candlewood, a spiny red-flowering bush (Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieria formosa) (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
chīchīlticcuahuitl
IPAspelling:
tʃiːtʃiːltikkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen:
CHĪCHĪLTICCUAHU(I)-TL candlewood, a spiny red-flowering bush (Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieria formosa) / ocotillo (Z) [(2)Zp.90,151]. See CHĪCHĪLTIC, CUAHU(I)-TL. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 48.