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cuamochitl.

Headword: 
cuamochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a thorny tree whose leaves have medicinal value (see Hernández, attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
quamochitl
Attestations from sources in English: 

"a thorny tree that bears leaves like those of the pomegranate . . . It cures bloody diarrhea and other fluxes . . . its decoction heals wounds, grows new flesh and generates new skin." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 125.

themes: 
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
cuemochitl.
cuauhmochitl.