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acocotli.

Headword: 
acocotli.
Principal English Translation: 

1) a plant that looks like fennel (see Molina); 2) a tool for getting the sap from magueyes (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

acocotli. yerua que parece hinojo, o auenencia para sacar miel delos magueyes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

ācōcòtli = refers to "at least two herbaceous plants with bipinnate and tripinnate leaves, including Dahlia coccinea Cav."
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg, personal communication, 25 May 2022.

Furthermore, "the second meaning attested by Molina, 'acocote,' still designates the long gourd that is used to suck aguamiel out of a maguey that has been 'castrated.'
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg, personal communication, 25 May 2022.

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