Ararahih'urípih
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xanchifich'ímkaanva a type of plant, "poor man's weather-glass"

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lexicon ID #6792 | revised Feb 03 2016

xanchifich'ímkaanva N • a type of plant, "poor man's weather-glass" Anagallis arvensis (ITIS).

Literally: 'frog-greens'

Derivation xanchíifich imkáanva  (= xanthiif-ich im-kar-va-a)
frog greens  (= xanthiif-DIM im--into.water-PL.ACT-DEVERB)

Source: JPH mat 06:460