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chilacayotli.

Headword: 
chilacayotli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of soft squash (Cucurbita filicifolia) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chilacayohtli
IPAspelling: 
tʃilɑkɑyohtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

CHILACAYOH-TLI a type of soft squash (Cucurbita filicifolia) / especie particular de calabaza (R) [(1)Rp.74,(3)Xp.42]. See TZILACAYOH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 51.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora