umburana
umburana noun: a species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber.
Noun
umburana (plural umburanas)
- A species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber.
- "For safety I maintained my distance from that ill-famed house and settled under an umburana tree at the curve of a road."1970, Josué de Castro, translated by Susan Hertelendy, Of Men and Crabs, page 102
- Two calves frisked outside beneath the umburana tree.1972, Peggie Benton, One Man Against the Drylands
Forms of umburana
| plural | umburanas |
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Origin of umburana
From Portuguese umburana.
Questions about umburana
- What does umburana mean?
- Umburana means a species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber.
- What part of speech is umburana?
- Umburana is a noun.
- What is the plural of umburana?
- The plural of umburana is umburanas.
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