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tlacatecolo xocohuitztli.

Headword: 
tlacatecolo xocohuitztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of thorn, spine, splinter, or thistle (relating to the devil, in the post-contact point of view? and perhaps related to blood-letting in self-sacrifice?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacatecolo xocouitztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlacatecolo xocouitztli. otro genero de abrojo o espino.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 115v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous)
See also: 
tlacatecolotl.