the nectar or honey of the maguey cactus well cooked and the color of syrup (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
necutlatlatilli. miel de maguei muy cozidado color de arrope. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 65v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.