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mazatlacualli.

Headword: 
mazatlacualli.
Principal English Translation: 

grass, weeds, or hay for feeding animals (see Molina), forage

Orthographic Variants: 
mazatlaqualli
Alonso de Molina: 

mazatlaqualli. yerua, o paja. &c. para bestias.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents mazatlacualli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Plants, Trees, Flora