cuitlaxochitl.

Headword: 
cuitlaxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

poinsettia (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuitlaxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
kwitɬɑʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUITLAXŌCHI-TL poinsettia / noche buena, flor de pascua (K) This is not directly attested in the sources for this dictionary, but its component parts are. The name probably refers to the growth of the plant on dungheaps. See CUITLA-TL, XŌCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 74.