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cuauhnecuhtli.

Headword: 
cuauhnecuhtli.
Principal English Translation: 

honey that comes from a tree (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

cuauhnecuhtli = honey
Kevin Terraciano, Codex Sierra, 2021, 132 and 164,

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

...cuauhnecuhtli o miel de árbol. Había otra miel, elaborada por los abejones, llamados Xicot (jicotes en el español de época), que son una especie de bombus; esta miel era almacenada por los insectos en las paredes de las casas.
Heriberto García Rivas, Cocina prehispánica mexicana, 1991, 102.

Cien apilolli (cantarillos) de cuauhneuctli o cuauhnecuhtli
Historia General de Guerrero, vol. 1, 451.

See also: 
necuhtli.
cuahuitl.