Montezuma cypress

noun

Mon·​te·​zu·​ma cypress

¦mäntə¦zümə-

: ahuehuete

Word History

Etymology

probably after Montezuma II †1520 Aztec ruler at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico

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