ombu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ombu
From South American Spanish ombú, from Guarani umbú
Example Sentences
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Name of restaurant: Ombu Grill is a sleek, modern grill-your-own restaurant named after the ombu "tree," a large shrub that is native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2016
We had a long day's ride over the same rich green plain, abounding with various flocks, and with here and there a solitary estancia, and its one ombu tree.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
I had "Carnival" tied up under the ombu tree in the courtyard.
From Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by William C. Tetley
This a tree, a grand vegetable giant of the species called ombu, known to every gaucho—beloved, almost held sacred by him, as affording shade to his sun-exposed and solitary dwelling.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by F.C. Tilney
The ombu is a handsome tree to the eye, not unlike an English walnut in its habit of growth, and it has the one merit of being a splendid shade-tree.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
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