Yoloxochitl
Built from two Nahuatl words, yōllōtl for "heart" and xōchitl for "flower", so together the name reads as "heart flower".
Meaning and origin
Yoloxóchitl is the Nahuatl word for a fragrant white-flowered tree, Talauma mexicana, long used in Mexican folk medicine to calm the heart, which is where its "heart flower" sense comes from.
How to pronounce Yoloxochitl
| Spanish (Latin America) | yo-loh-SO-cheetl /ʝoloˈsotʃitl/ |
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