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cenizhuatl.

Headword: 
cenizhuatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a dry maize husk (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cenizuatl
Alonso de Molina: 

cenizuatl. hoja de mayz curada y seca.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

From centli and izuatl.
Rémi Siméon, 1993, 83.

themes: 
Corn, Maize