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ezpatli.

Headword: 
ezpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

medicinal plant, the bark of which produces a red dye (Jatropha spatulata) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ezpahtly, ezpatly, ezpahtli
IPAspelling: 
espɑhtɬy
Frances Karttunen: 

EZPAH-TLY medicinal plant, the bark of which produces a red dye (Jatropha spatulata) / cierto arbusto mecicinal, que destila por incisión un licor como sangre ((R) [(1)Rp.82]. Z has EZCUAHU(I)TL See EZ-TLI, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 79.

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