courbaril

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough woodSynonyms: Hymenaea courbarilType of locust tree, locustMember of Hymenaea, genus HymenaeaMade of courbaril copal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cour′ba·ril (k??r′b?-r?l), noun

Origin: F. courbaril, from a South American word.

See Animé, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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