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tezcapatli.

Headword: 
tezcapatli.
Principal English Translation: 

a shrub or small tree with clusters of yellow flowers (Senecio praecox), used in treating wounds and rheumatism (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēzcapahtli
IPAspelling: 
teːskɑpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒZCAPAH-TLI a shrub or small tree with clusters of yellow flowers (Senecio praecox), used in treating wounds and rheumatism / cierta planta (R), palo loco (K) [(1)Rp.137]. See TĒZCA-TL, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 239.

themes: 
Flowers
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora