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hicox texoxoctli.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
hicox texoxoctli.
Principal English Translation: 

a green fig, about to ripen (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, higos, figs)

Orthographic Variants: 
hicoxtexoxoctli
Alonso de Molina: 

hicox texoxoctli. higos verdes, y por madurar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora