balche

or bal·ché

[ bahl-chey ]

noun
  1. (among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.

Origin of balche

1
From Latin American Spanish (Mexico, Guatamala); from Yucatec Mayan

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