Copalxocotl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Copalxocotl is a noun meaning A plant used as soap in Aztec culture, probably Cyrtocarpa procera.
Meaning
A plant used as soap in Aztec culture, probably Cyrtocarpa procera.
Example Sentences
Aztecs often bathed twice a day with copalxocotl and washed their mouths with breath fresheners.
He filled a bowl with water and crumbled into it some copal-xocotl, the dried root of the soap tree.
[…] she mused […] sitting back and setting the copalxocotl on her skirt. She didn’t even seem to notice the water as it began soaking down toward her legs.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soapbark, macpalxochitl, caimitillo, soapweed, nispero, xochinacaztli.
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