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