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tishramthivxurútvarayva a plant, "peppermint"
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lexicon ID #6101 | revised Nov 04 2015
tishramthivxurútvarayva • N • a plant, "peppermint" (Schenck and Gifford, p. 390).
Literally: 'swaying in the wind on the flats'
| Derivation: | tíshraam thiv xúrut-várayva |
| valley lie.(of.one.thing) flexible-here.and.there |
Source: WB 1391.4, p.387; JPH pla 06:445, 555
Note: JPH has tishramthivxurutváraayva, tishramthivxurutváraayvutihan.