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caranna

caranna noun: a hard, brittle, resinous gum, obtained from the West Indian tree Dacryodes excelsa, and formerly used in medicine.

Noun

caranna (uncountable)

  1. A hard, brittle, resinous gum, obtained from the West Indian tree Dacryodes excelsa, and formerly used in medicine.

Forms of caranna

alternative formcarana

Questions about caranna

What does caranna mean?
Caranna means a hard, brittle, resinous gum, obtained from the West Indian tree Dacryodes excelsa, and formerly used in medicine.
What part of speech is caranna?
Caranna is a noun.

Words near caranna in the dictionary

  1. carangiforms
  2. carangin
  3. carangins
  4. carangoid
  5. carangoids
  6. caranna
  7. Carano
  8. Caranos
  9. Caransebeș
  10. caranx
  11. caranxes

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