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ciruelas cuahuitl.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ciruelas cuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

cherry tree (partly a loanword from Spanish, ciruelas, cherries)

Orthographic Variants: 
ciruelas quahuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

ciruelas quauitl. ciruelo arbol.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora