ahuehuete
/awəˈweɪti/(also ahuahuete)
noun
More fully ahuehuete tree. A Mexican cypress, Taxodium mucronatum (family Cupressaceae), which can attain great girth, commonly grown as an ornamental and also important for the production of timber and (especially formerly) medicinal resins.
- The ahuehuete is the national tree of Mexico..
Origin
Late 18th century. In some forms from (i) French ahuehuete and its etymon (ii) Mexican Spanish ahuehuete from Nahuatl āhuēhuētl.