mizquitl (Mdz2v)
This simplex glyph of a mezquite tree (mizquitl) represents the place name Mizquic. It is the second appearance of the glyph on this same folio. The tree has a red and white vertically striped trunk, red roots, red and white thorns on the trunk, a leader and two branches with green foliage and, protruding from the foliage, yellow seed pods.
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The flower of the mesquite tree is a long, fluffy, yellow blossom. See an example in WikiMedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prosopis_laevigata_-_flowers.jpg.
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
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mizqui(tl), mesquite tree or bush, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mizquitl
el mesquite
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Codex Mendoza, folio 2 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 15 of 188.