Machete n. : A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.

Example:
How to clean and care for a Machete?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
machete (pronounced /məˈʃɛti/) is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. ... Boricua Popular Army is the official name of Los Macheteros, which gets its name from the machete wielders of sugar cane fields of yesteryear's Puerto Rico. ...