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Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
Literally, "crow flower". Compare Classical Nahuatl cacaloxochitl, xochitl (“flower”).
Noun
cacaloxochitl
- Plumeria rubra, frangipani
References
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2000) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla, segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2018, page 10