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izquitl.

Headword: 
izquitl.
Principal English Translation: 

popcorn; also used to describe many plants and trees that produce clusters of white flowers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īzquitl
IPAspelling: 
iːskitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪZQUI-TL popcorn (used to describe many plants and trees that produce clusters of white flowers) / maiz tostado; flor muy olorosa (S) [(1)Tp.170,(3)Xp.40]. M has izquiatl ‘drink made of ground popcorn.’
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 123.

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