Oviedo and Pedro Martyr use this word to designate the tree that produces the fruit called higüera, and they warn not to confuse it with higuero or higuera. We believe that the indigenous word was higüera or jigüera, but not higüero.
Spanish: Translation
Oviedo y Pedro Martyr emplean este vocablo para designar al árbol productor del fruto llamado higüera , y ad vierten no se confunda con higuero o higuera .Creemos que la voz indígena era higüera o jigüera , pero no higüero .