Meaning of copalxocotl | Babel Free

Definitions

A plant used as soap in Aztec culture, probably Cyrtocarpa procera.

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“Aztecs often bathed twice a day with copalxocotl and washed their mouths with breath fresheners.”

CEFR level