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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of balche¹

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