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