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imbuzeiro

imbuzeiro noun: a hog plum (Spondias mombin), native to the tropical Americas.

Noun

imbuzeiro (plural imbuzeiros)

  1. A hog plum (Spondias mombin), native to the tropical Americas.
    • Travellers upon this journey have sometimes perished for thirst, and sometimes owed their lives to the Imbuzeiro, … a remarkable tree, with which bountiful Providence has blessed the most arid regions of Brazil: bulbs, about a palm in diameter, and full of water, like water-melons, are attached to...1819, Robert Southey, chapter XLIV, in History of Brazil, 3rd part, London: […] [William Pople] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], →OCLC, page 757
    • Rudino sees the albino girl, still sitting on the ground, and two black vultures at the top of an imbuzeiro, clearing their throats like old men.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 289

Forms of imbuzeiro

pluralimbuzeiros

Origin of imbuzeiro

From Portuguese imbuzeiro.

Questions about imbuzeiro

What does imbuzeiro mean?
Imbuzeiro means a hog plum (Spondias mombin), native to the tropical Americas.
What part of speech is imbuzeiro?
Imbuzeiro is a noun.
What is the plural of imbuzeiro?
The plural of imbuzeiro is imbuzeiros.

Words near imbuzeiro in the dictionary

  1. imbursements
  2. imburses
  3. imbursing
  4. imburthen
  5. imbution
  6. imbuzeiro
  7. imbé
  8. imbés
  9. IMC
  10. IMCC
  11. imciromab

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