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nuez.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
nuez.
Principal English Translation: 

nut, often a walnut; or, nut tree
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

oncan onoc nueces yuan mançanas = allí hay unos nogales y unos manzanos (Tulancingo, México, 1577)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 186–187.