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cebils

cebils is the plural of cebil.

Meaning of cebil

Noun

cebil (plural cebils)

  1. (uncommon) A South American tree (Anadenanthera colubrina), the bark of which contains tannin and is used in tanning hides.
    • The carob tree (Spanish algarrobo), which might be called the oak of the country, from its slow growth and general aspect, unfortunately docs not possess a bark rich in tannin. Nevertheless, we have the cebil in two varieties — the red and the white [...]. *: Red Cebil (Acacia Cebil, Gries). —...1878, Pharmaceutical Journal: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences, page 548

Questions about cebils

What is cebils the plural of?
Cebils is the plural of cebil.

Words near cebils in the dictionary

  1. cebiche
  2. cebiches
  3. cebid
  4. cebids
  5. cebil
  6. cebils
  7. cebine
  8. cebines
  9. CEBL
  10. cebocephalic
  11. cebocephaly

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