five ears of corn or maize, or the like (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
macuilolotl. cinco mazorcas de mayz, o de cosa semejante. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.