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tlacoyauhtli.

Headword: 
tlacoyauhtli.
Principal English Translation: 

something stretched or enlarged, or something with the crust or bark removed, or an ear of corn or maize with its leaves removed, etc. (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlacoyauhtli. cosa ensanchada assi, o descortezada, o mazorca de mayz deshojada, o cosas semejantes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 118v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Plants, Trees, Flora