toloatzin
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl toloatzin. Doublet of toloache.
Noun
toloatzin (uncountable)
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
toloa "bow one's head" + -tzin (honorific/diminutive)
Noun
toloatzin
- A hallucinogenic plant of species Datura inoxia, often confused with Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), another hallucinogenic plant.
Descendants
- → Spanish: toloache
References
- Wimmer, Alexis (2006) “Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 25 November 2007