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michihuauhtli.
Headword:
michihuauhtli.
Principal English Translation:
amaranth seeds that are hard and yellow and look like fish eggs (see attestation); a certain type of amaranth (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
michiuauhtli
Attestations from sources in English:
michioauhtli: “ioan itoca chicalotl, coztic, ololtic, ololiuhquj, vel teololtic, tlaquaoac, xaltic, tepitztic, tzoalolonj, njtzoaloa,” [ihuan itoca chicalotl, coztic, ololtic, ololiuhqui, huel teololtic, tlacuahuac, xaltic, tepitztic, tzohualoloni, nitzohualoa (SW)], which Anderson and Dibble translate as: “Also its name is chicalotl. It is yellow, round, rounded, quite like a round stone, hard. It is sand-like, hard. It is that from which amaranth seed dough is made.”