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tequixquizacatl.

Headword: 
tequixquizacatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal plant used for curing swollen eyes

Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 25 [13r.].

Orthographic Variants: 
tequixquiçacatl
IPAspelling: 
tekiʃkisɑkɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tequixquizacatl. grama, yerua conocida.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 105v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

In a testament from Culhuacán from 1580 we see a reference to tequixquitl (translated as tequesquite, not very illuminating) in describing parcels being distributed by the testator. It is part of a phrase: "petlatolli, zacatl, tequixquitl (tule, zacate, tequesquite)."

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

una planta medicinal plant usada para curar ojos hinchados
Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 25 [13r.].

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