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quiltectli.

Headword: 
quiltectli.
Principal English Translation: 

a small cabbage or a young lettuce plant, ready for transplanting (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kiltektɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

quiltectli. colino, lechuguino, o cosas semejantes para trasponer.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 89v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora