cuauhiztexochitl

Alternative forms

 * quauhiztesuchitl, quauhyztexochitl, quaviztisuchitl

Etymology
cuāuhiztetl, cuāuhiztitl "eagle's talon" + xōchitl "flower"

Noun

 * 1) A kind of flower.
 * 2) * 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 10
 * QUAUHIZTESUCHITL, QUAVIZTISUCHITL, xivitl, xoxoctic in jatlapal: texoti in jcueponca, coltic: iuhqujn quauhtli izti ic ca
 * (QUAUHIZTEXOCHITL, QUAUHIZTIXOCHITL. It is an herb. Its leaves are green; its blossom is blue. It is curved, like an eagle talon.)
 * 1) * 17C: Lope de Vega, Bartolomé de Alva (tr.), La madre de la mejor, f. 64v.
 * Cuecuepocatimani in quauhyztexochitl.
 * (The eagle-talon flower [etc.] spread about bursting into bloom.)