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Definition of Ahuehuete
1. Noun. Mexico's most famous tree; a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule. "Some say the Tule tree is the world's largest single biomass"
Exact synonyms: Tule Tree
Group relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States
Generic synonyms: Mexican Swamp Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Taxodium Mucronatum
Group relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States
Generic synonyms: Mexican Swamp Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Taxodium Mucronatum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ahuehuete
Literary usage of Ahuehuete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lienzo of Tulancingo, Oaxaca: An Introductory Study of a Ninth Painted by Ross Parmenter (1993)
"A topographical feature that might properly have appeared on the glyph is the
largest of the ahuehuete trees that grow along Agua Dulce. ..."