Nahuatl Etymologies

a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

eaten as mush or as a thin gruel

larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum

Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit

slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey

gum-like substance from the sapodilla

a spicy pepper with strong flavor

a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

of certain seeds having a tuft or tufts of hair

tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber

a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes

tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber

much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

tropical American thorny shrub or small tree

tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit

common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit

a small spineless globe-shaped cactus

any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar

a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico

offensive term for an openly homosexual man

any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears

nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

a small spineless globe-shaped cactus

meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices

fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey

the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos

an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent

tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves

corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed

mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900