copalxocotl
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Nahuatl copalxocotl.
Noun[edit]
copalxocotl (uncountable)
- A plant used as soap in Aztec culture, probably Cyrtocarpa procera.
- 2019, Marie Arana, Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story, →ISBN, page 382, note 640:
- Aztecs often bathed twice a day with copalxocotl and washed their mouths with breath fresheners.