pacara
pacara noun: a large tree of the mimosa family, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, which yields wood good for carpentry.
Noun
pacara (plural pacaras)
- A large tree of the mimosa family, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, which yields wood good for carpentry.
- ... mantling the slopes are other still denser forests, where the Pacara (Enterolobium timbavica), Lapacho (Tecoma stans), Quina-Quina (Myroxilon peruanum), Urunday (allied to the Lapacho) Quefioa (Rosacea Polylepis racemosa), Cascaron ...1881, Ernest William White, Cameos from the Silver-land: Or, The Experiences of a Young Naturalist in the Argentine Republic, London: J. Van Voorst, page 44
- Of the same family is the pacara, equally rapid in growth ; both produce a fruit which serves for making soap. The tatane, or palo amarillo, is a large mimosa, well suited for making furniture. Cedars, red as well as white, flourish in the warmer ...1885, Michael George Mulhall, Edward T. Mulhall, Handbook of the River Plate, Comprising the Argentine Republic, Uruguay and Paraguay: With Railway Map, page 8
- Synonyms:
- timbo
Examples of pacara in a sentence
- This region of the forest contains many magnificent trees and shrubs: the wild pepper, the nogal or walnut, the Algaroba, and the pacara.1889, Leicester Literary, Philosophical Society, Transactions, page 171:
- The Wax Palm, Copemica cert/era, is wide-spread, and the Pacara, a huge Mimosa, is described as a tree of great size and beauty, yielding a fruit containing a large percentage of Saponine.1904, Journal of the African Society, page 419:
Synonyms of pacara
Forms of pacara
| plural | pacaras |
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Origin of pacara
From Quechua pacara.
Questions about pacara
- What does pacara mean?
- Pacara means a large tree of the mimosa family, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, which yields wood good for carpentry.
- How do you use pacara in a sentence?
- This region of the forest contains many magnificent trees and shrubs: the wild pepper, the nogal or walnut, the Algaroba, and the pacara.
- What part of speech is pacara?
- Pacara is a noun.
- What is the plural of pacara?
- The plural of pacara is pacaras.
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