oyamels

Noun

oyamel (plural oyamels)

1. Abies religiosa, the sacred fir, an evergreen coniferous tree of South America with needle-like leaves.
   • Forests of oyamel fir trees in Michoacán and Mexico States have for thousands of years been a winter haven for the resplendent orange and black butterflies, the most famous “charismatic megafauna” of the insect world, said Lincoln P. Brower, a professor emeritus of biology at Sweet Briar College in...2008 March 7, Andrew C. Revkin, “Loggers Invaded Butterfly Haven, Photos Show”, in New York Times