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acecentli.

Headword: 
acecentli.
Principal English Translation: 

weeds that fill a maize field when left uncultivated (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑhsesentɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

acecentli. las dichas yeruas asperas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

acecentli = hierba mala
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1996), xxxvi.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize
Landscape Features
Plants, Trees, Flora