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(a loanword from Spanish)
a fruit; often, an apricot or an apricot tree (a loanword from Spanish, but originally from Arabic)
albaricoque, apricot tree
cultural encyclopedia (FC 11); time range: ca. 1578–1580
Iceleoa tlacotl, mamae: çan icel moquetza in jamatlapal iaiaoaltotonti, xoxoctic iuhquj in arvarcoque, ixiuhio. = “Iceleua It is a stalk with branches. Its leaves are set on only singly. They are round and small, green, like the foliage of the apricot” (Sahagún 1950–82, XI: 155). / Haavaton, yoan tlalcapuli: tlacotic, tapacoltontli. ixchichiltic. auh in jiollo quavitl cenca chichiltic, chachaquachtic in jamatlapal iuhquj in jxiuhio quavitl arvarcoques. = “Aauaton Also [is is called] tlalcapulin. It is stalky, small and bushy, red on the surface. And the interior of the tree is very red. Its leaves are rough like the foliage of the apricot tree” (Sahagún 1950–82, XI: 164).
oncan mamani alvarcoqueh ca ytlatquitzin yn nonamic ciuapilli = y están allí unos albaricoques y son suyos de mi mujer (Tulancingo, México, 1577)