an ear of corn or maize detached and removed from the cane, or the like (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tlatzicueuhtli. mazorca de mayz despegada y quitada dela caña, o cosa semejante. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 142v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.