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totolcuitlatzapotl.

Headword: 
totolcuitlatzapotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a domestic fruit, black inside and green on the outside (see Molina); a type of zapote fruit that looks like turkey excrement(?)

IPAspelling: 
toːtolkwitɬɑtsɑpotɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

totolcuitlatzapotl. cierta fruta negra de dentro, y verde por defuera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 150v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking