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quiyotl.

Headword: 
quiyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the stem, shoot, or sprout of an herb or vegetable (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kijoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

quiyotl. tallo de yerua o de verdura. &c.
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.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"cogollo de qualquiera cosa quando lla esta seco, y duro; tallo ô corazon de qualquiera yerva", https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/quiyotl/14608

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora