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Caxtillan tlaolli.

Headword: 
Caxtillan tlaolli.
Principal English Translation: 

"Castillian maize," i.e. wheat (see attestations, where this is contrasted with "nican tlaolli," the local grain, i.e. maize/corn)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

No yvan he yca ca yn altepetl motoliniya cenca miyec yn itech monequi av atle y yaxca yc ypampa y monequi centetl mili quimanilizque av in oncan quitocazque matlactli quavacali caxtillan tlaolli no matlaquavacalli y nican tlaolli = Y también como el pueblo sufre, ya que muchas cosas le son necesarias y no tiene ninguna propiedad, por esto es necesario que le hagan una milpa y ahí sembrarán diez medias fanegas de trigo y también diez medias fanegas de maíz. (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 292–293.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking