ahuehuete

noun

ahue·​hue·​te

ˌä-wē-ˈwā-tē

plural -s

: a Mexican cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) of great girth

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Nahuatl ahuehueton, literally, old man of the water, from atl water + huehueton old man, from huehue old

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

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