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silverballi

silverballi noun: any of various trees of the laurel family, used for their wood.

Noun

silverballi (plural silverballis)

  1. Any of various trees of the laurel family, used for their wood.
    • It has the usual aromatic scent, more pronounced than in the other Silverballis.1946, Handbook of Natural Resources of British Guiana
    • kurokai (Protium), dalli (Virola), baromalli (Catostemma), locust [courbaril] (Hymenaea), bulletwood (Manilkara), crabwood (Carapa), the silverballis (Lauraceae of the genera Ocotea, Aniba, Nectandra and Licaria), simarupa (Simaruba) and red cedar [South American cedar] (Cedrela).1953, Colonial, numbers 291-295, H.M. Stationery Office

Forms of silverballi

pluralsilverballis

Questions about silverballi

What does silverballi mean?
Silverballi means any of various trees of the laurel family, used for their wood.
What part of speech is silverballi?
Silverballi is a noun.
What is the plural of silverballi?
The plural of silverballi is silverballis.

Words near silverballi in the dictionary

  1. Silveras
  2. silverback
  3. silverbacked
  4. silverbacking
  5. silverbacks
  6. silverballi
  7. silverballis
  8. silverbeater
  9. silverbeaters
  10. silverbeet
  11. silverbeets

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