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tzapocuahuitl.

Headword: 
tzapocuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a fruit-bearing tree (see Molina); a zapote tree

Orthographic Variants: 
tzapoquauitl, tzapuquahuitl, tzapoquahuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

tzapoquauitl. arbol que lleua fruta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 151v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tzapocuahuitl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

IDIEZ morfema: 
tzapocuahuitl.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
zapote tree
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Tzapotl icuayo. “Nochan eltoc ce tzapocuahuitl huan quemman ipohual tlahuel yehyectzin tlaqui.”
IDIEZ morfología: 
tzapotl, cuahuitl.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.
themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora