COURBARIL
Dictionary entry overview: What does courbaril mean? • COURBARIL (noun)
The noun COURBARIL has 1 sense:
1. West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
Familiarity information: COURBARIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COURBARIL (noun)
Meaning:
West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
courbaril; Hymenaea courbaril
Hypernyms ("courbaril" is a kind of...):
locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (substance of "courbaril"):
courbaril copal (resin from the courbaril tree)
Holonyms ("courbaril" is a member of...):
genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea (genus of tropical American timber trees)
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