barba
Americannoun
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the beard.
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a hair of the head.
Etymology
Origin of barba
< New Latin, Latin: beard
Example Sentences
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The island was reputedly named after the hairy tendrils of its banyan trees: barba dos is Portuguese for "double-bearded".
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012
Each season's growth of leaves hangs from the branchlet like a long beard, from which the tree receives, in some localities, the name "Pino barba caida."
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Cara tiene de hermosura muy hermosa y colorada; los ojos igual abiertos muy apuesta la su barba Non parece que está muerto antes vivo semejaba.
From Rosinante to the Road Again by Dos Passos, John
Sub ramosa platano sedentem, solum, discalceatum, super lapidem, valde pallidum ac macilentum, promissa barba, librum super genibus habentem.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
Qui pascis barbam, si crescis mente, Platoni, Hirce, parem nitido te tua barba facit.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
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