Word.ws English Dictionary

combavas

combavas is the plural of combava.

Meaning of combava

Noun

combava (plural combavas)

  1. Synonym of kaffir lime.
    • Alsatian-born and classically trained, Vongerichten was in love with Oriental exotica—tamarind, galangal (a gingerlike root that tastes of lime), and the citric combavas leaf-from his days in Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong.1990 March 19, New York Magazine, page 78
    Synonyms:
    kaffir lime

Questions about combavas

What is combavas the plural of?
Combavas is the plural of combava.

Words near combavas in the dictionary

  1. combattant
  2. combatted
  3. combatting
  4. combatworthy
  5. combava
  6. combavas
  7. combe
  8. Combe Florey
  9. Combe Hay
  10. Combe Martin
  11. Combe St Nicholas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: combavas (page history and authors); combava (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “combavas.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/combavas. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.