courbaril

British  

/ ˈkʊəbərɪl /

noun

1. Also called: West Indian locust.  a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril . Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal

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Etymology

Origin of courbaril

C18: from a native American name

Example Sentences

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courbaril

The pods of the West India locust tree, Hymenæa courbaril, also supply a nutritious matter.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

This painting is covered with a varnish of algarobo, which is the transparent resin of the Hymenaea courbaril.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von