different between ahuehuete vs sabino

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ?hu?hu?tl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ?tl (“water”) + hu?hu?tl (“upright drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awe?wete/, [a.we?we.t?e]

Noun

ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)

1. Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum

   Synonym: sabino

Further reading

• “ahuehuete” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

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Noun

sabino (plural sabinos)

1. Any of various trees:
   1. bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).
   2. ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum)
   3. rock cedar (Juniperus ashei)
   4. Magnolia splendens
2. A pinto horse with a white spotted pattern.

See also

• overo
• tobiano

Further reading

• Bald cypress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taxodium mucronatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Magnolia splendens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Magnolia splendens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taxodium distichum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taxodium mucronatum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Bosnia, basion, bonsai

Spanish

Adjective

sabino (feminine sabina, masculine plural sabinos, feminine plural sabinas)

1. (historical) Sabine