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huluppu tree

huluppu tree noun: a tree (species not definitively identified) that features in ancient Sumerian myth.

Noun

huluppu tree (plural huluppu trees)

  1. A tree (species not definitively identified) that features in ancient Sumerian myth.
    • Once upon a time there was a huluppu tree (perhaps a willow) which grew along the banks of the Euphrates, but the place of its origin was not good, for the South Wind tore at it from root to crown and the Euphrates flooded it.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 181

Forms of huluppu tree

pluralhuluppu trees

Questions about huluppu tree

What does huluppu tree mean?
Huluppu tree means a tree (species not definitively identified) that features in ancient Sumerian myth.
What part of speech is huluppu tree?
Huluppu tree is a noun.
What is the plural of huluppu tree?
The plural of huluppu tree is huluppu trees.

Words near huluppu tree in the dictionary

  1. hulubalang
  2. hulubalangs
  3. Hulubești
  4. Huludao
  5. Hulunbuir
  6. huluppu tree
  7. huluppu trees
  8. hulusi
  9. Hulutao
  10. hulver
  11. Hulvey

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