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coztomatl.

Headword: 
coztomatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a yellow tomato plant; with medicinal value (dissipates wind, provokes urine, relieves asthma, relieves a stomach ache, and can dry up milk in the breasts)

(Valley of Mexico, 1570–1587)

The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 116.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Coztómatl = "yellow tomato, has a think, long, white root filled with shoots. It has tawny stalks and leaves like a nightshade's, to which species [it belongs], and a yellow flower, from which the name comes." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 116.

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Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora