Headword:
elotzontli.
Principal English Translation:
corn tassel (see Karttunen); literally, the hair of the corn cob; the corn plant has a tassel (masculine) at the top of the plant, but each cob has silk (feminine). The elotzontli might really refer to the "hair" on the top of the cob rather than the tassel at the top of the plant.
Orthographic Variants:
ēlōtzontli
IPAspelling:
eːloːtsontɬi