ahuehuete

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aweˈwete/, [aweˈwet̪e]

Noun

ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)

1. Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum

Further reading

• “ahuehuete” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.