Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

tezca huauhtli.

Headword: 
tezca huauhtli.
Principal English Translation: 

wild amaranth or black goosefoot plants (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tezca uauhtli, tezcahuauhtli
Alonso de Molina: 

tezca uauhtli. bledos o cenizos negros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 112v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora