ahuehuete

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish ahuehuete. === Noun === ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes) A Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aweˈwete/ [a.weˈwe.t̪e] Rhymes: -ete Syllabification: a‧hue‧hue‧te === Noun === ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes) Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) Synonym: sabino === Further reading === “ahuehuete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025