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noun, masculine

ahuehuete

/aweˈwete/

noun, masculine/aweˈwete/plural: ahuehuetes

Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)

Synonyms: sabino

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