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embira

embira noun: any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.

Noun

embira (uncountable)

  1. Any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.
    • No hemp grew in the country, the wild palm afforded one substitute; and the bark of the embira supplied cordage and [...]1811, Robert Southey, “View of the State of Brasil in 1581”, in The Scots Magazine, page 280
    • page 459: [...] two right-angled notches prevented the caraguatá or embira string from slipping.
    • page 535: The embira or caraguatá strings, were made taut or lax by twisting.1946, Handbook of South American Indians

Origin of embira

From a Tupian word embira (“bark, bast”).

Questions about embira

What does embira mean?
Embira means any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.
What part of speech is embira?
Embira is a noun.

Words near embira in the dictionary

  1. embiopterous
  2. embiotocid
  3. embiotocids
  4. embiotocoid
  5. embiotocoids
  6. embira
  7. embitter
  8. embittered
  9. embitteredly
  10. embitteredness
  11. embitterer

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