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chicomolotl.

Headword: 
chicomolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

seven ears of maize (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

chicomolotl. siete mazorcas de mayz. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

The term combines chicome (seven) with olotl (ear of maize).

themes: 
Corn, Maize