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momochtli.

Headword: 
momochtli.
Principal English Translation: 

popcorn

Orthographic Variants: 
mumuchtli
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"Los antiguos mexicanos llamaban mumuchitl a las palomitas de maíz. Su propiedad de estallar como flores blancas las asimilaba al granizo, por lo cual estaban dedicadas a Opochtli, uno de los tlaloques, y dios de los pescadores y la gente de la laguna. Durante su fiesta, regaban palomitas a su paso, aparte de ofrecerle cañas verdes de maíz, pulque, comida, copal, flores, pericón, tubos para fumar tabaco y sus canciones preferidas."  En la imagen de Opochtli se ve un chimalli con una palomita.

[Source: León García Garagarza, Facebook post, April 25, 2019.]