gold or precious stone made in the shape of a certain herb called amalacotl (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
amalacotic teocuitlatl chalchiuitl
Alonso de Molina:
amalacotic teocuitlatl chalchiuitl. oro o piedra preciosa hecha de forma de cierta yerua dicha amalacotl. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.