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tepexiloxochitl.

Headword: 
tepexiloxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a shrub (Calliandra anomala) with reddish purple tassel-shaped flowers, used in treating inflammations and dysentery (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepēxīlōxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
tepeːʃiːloːʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TEPĒXĪLŌXŌCHI-TL a shrub (Calliandra anomala) with reddish purple tassel-shaped flowers, used in treating inflammations and dysentery. / cierta planta (R), cabeza de ángel (K) [(1)Rp.134]. R fails to mark the long vowels. See TEPĒ-TL, XĪLŌXŌCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 230.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora