A large tropical American tree (Anacardium excelsum) with light wood used in building and yielding an edible nut.
From Spanish espavé, likely of indigenous origin from Central American languages. The word entered Spanish as conquistadors encountered and named New World trees.
The espave tree is like a tropical treasure—its wood is lightweight perfect for shipbuilding, it produces edible nuts, and the Spanish immediately recognized its value when they arrived in the Americas!
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