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amaxocotl.

Headword: 
amaxocotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the mulberry, a local fruit (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
amaxotl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːmɑʃokotɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

amaxocotl. mora fructa conocida.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Present in Oaxaca since the 1530s, the mulberry includes the native arboreal species of Mesoamerica (Morus celtidifolia), as well as two introduced species, originating in China (Morus alba and Morus nigra).
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg, personal communication, 10 May 2022.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yuan catca caltzintli catca onca yhcac amaxotl yuan tlaltontli = en dicha casa estaba un moral en la tierrecita (San Juan Tenochtitlan, 1642)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 230–231.

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