a quince tree (partially a loanword from Spanish;, membrillo, quince; see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
membrillo quauitl, membrillo quahuitl
Alonso de Molina:
membrillo quauitl. membrillo, el arbol. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.