|gwächəpə|lēn noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish guachipilin, guachipelin, from (assumed) Nahuatl cuauhchipilin, from cuahuitl tree + chipilin, a species of Crotalaria
: a Central American timber tree ( Diphysa robinioides ) of the family Leguminosae that yields a fine-grained hard yellow wood and a yellow dye