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membrillo cuahuitl.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
membrillo cuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a quince tree (partially a loanword from Spanish;, membrillo, quince; see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
membrillo quauitl, membrillo quahuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

membrillo quauitl. membrillo, el arbol.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora