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tepecentli.

Headword: 
tepecentli.
Principal English Translation: 

maize grown on hills or other unwatered lands, relying on natural rainfall
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 234.

Lockhart’s Nahuatl as Written: 

tepētl, centli. 234

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock raising
Corn, Maize
Landscape Features