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cuauh mecatecolotl.

Headword: 
cuauh mecatecolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a certain wild herb that grows on trees (see Molina), perhaps like a vine

Orthographic Variants: 
quauh mecatecolotl
Alonso de Molina: 

quauh mecatecolotl. cierta yerua que se cria en los arboles.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora