mexixquilitl

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From mexixin (“watercress”) +‎ quilitl (“an edible plant”).

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Noun

mexixquilitl inan (plural mexixquilitl)

(it is) an edible plant akin to the watercress.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 55v. col. 2:
  Mexixin. maſtuerço. / Mexixquilitl. idem.
  Mexixin. a watercress. / Mexixquilitl. the same.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 82v. col. 1:
  Maſtuerço yerua conocida. mexixin. mexixquilitl.
  The watercress, a well-known herb. mexixin. mexixquilitl.

Synonyms

mexixin

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