Words at Play : Words With Remarkable Origins, Vol. 1
In pre-Columbian times, this fruit was considered an aphrodisiac.
For this reason, one Aztec language named it āhuacatl.
Āhuacatl is short for āhuacacuahuitl, which means "testicle tree" (āhuacatl "testicle" + cuahuitl "tree").
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