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timbo

/ˈtɪmbəʊ/US/ˈtɪmboʊ/

timbo noun: the pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.

Noun

timbo (plural timbos)

  1. (obsolete, possibly) The pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
    • Among the handsomest trees which I have met is the "Timbo" (Enterolobium timbosa), which grows sometimes to the height of [...]. Half a dozen other species of Enterolobium, all inferior to the Timbo, grow in the Paraguayan forests.1889, John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur, Botanical Gazette, page 226
    • The host is sometimes called the Timbo, but it is not the true Timbo, which is Enterolobium contortisiliquum.1894, New York Academy of Sciences, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, section on Plants Collected in Paraguay, page 216

Proper noun capitalized: Timbo

Timbo

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Timothy.

Forms of timbo

pluraltimbos

Origin of timbo

From Tupian.

Tim + -o (colloquializing suffix), the -b- is for euphony.

Questions about timbo

What does timbo mean?
Timbo means the pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
What part of speech is timbo?
Timbo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce timbo?
Timbo is pronounced /ˈtɪmbəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of timbo?
The plural of timbo is timbos.

Words near timbo in the dictionary

  1. Timbishas
  2. timbit
  3. timbits
  4. Timblin
  5. Timblins
  6. timbo
  7. Timboon
  8. Timboon West
  9. Timboroa
  10. timbos
  11. timbral

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