The story
- Nahuatl · derived fromxōchinacaztli“ear-flower”
- English todayxochinacaztli
From Nahuatl xōchinacaztli (“ear-flower”), from xōchitl (“flower”). So called because it somewhat resembles an ear.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
xochinacaztli
Today it means: The earflower, Cymbopetalum penduliflorum, sometimes used by the Aztecs to flavour cocoa. Full definition →
Nahuatl xōchinacaztli