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limba

limba noun: a large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.

limba: a large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis...
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Noun

limba (plural limbas)

  1. A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
    • This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.1965, Theodore Geiger, editor, Agrifor and U.S. Plywood in the Congo, Issue 12, page 50
    • Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.1991, Ján Borota, tropical forests: some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure, Elsevier, page 101
    Synonyms:
    afara

Synonyms of limba

Forms of limba

plurallimbas

Questions about limba

What does limba mean?
Limba means a large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
What part of speech is limba?
Limba is a noun.
What is the plural of limba?
The plural of limba is limbas.

Words near limba in the dictionary

  1. limb-brightening
  2. limb-darkened
  3. limb-darkening
  4. limb-mammary syndrome
  5. limb-meal
  6. limba
  7. limbachalcone
  8. limbal
  9. limbal ring
  10. limbal rings
  11. limbas

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