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hicox.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
hicox.
Principal English Translation: 

the fig, a known fruit (see Molina)
(a Nahuatlized loanword from Spanish, higos, figs)

Alonso de Molina: 

hicox. higo, fruta conocida.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See also higo.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking