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tlalahuehuetl.

Headword: 
tlalahuehuetl.
Principal English Translation: 

a plant whose root was ground to cure boils on the head

Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 17 [7v.].

Orthographic Variants: 
tlalaueuetl
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

raíz de tlalahuehuetl, molido con otros raices y hojas de hierba, para la curación de furúnculos de la cabeza
Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 17 [7v.].

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