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ipil

ipil noun: a Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.

Noun

ipil (plural ipils)

  1. A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.
  2. The wood of this tree.

Proper noun capitalized: Ipil

Ipil

  1. A municipality of Zamboanga Sibugay, Mindanao, Philippines.

Forms of ipil

pluralipils
alternative formifil

Origin of ipil

From Cebuano ipil.

Questions about ipil

What does ipil mean?
Ipil means a Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.
What part of speech is ipil?
Ipil can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ipil?
The plural of ipil is ipils.

Words near ipil in the dictionary

  1. iPhoner
  2. iPhoners
  3. iPhones
  4. ipi
  5. ipidacrine
  6. ipil
  7. Ipil-ipil
  8. Ipilan
  9. ipilimumab
  10. ipils
  11. Ipin

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