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
At this Gaspar turns his horse, and heads him back for the ombu, the other silently following, stunned almost beyond the power of speech.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
That was what she was called, because there was a solitary grand old ombu tree growing about a hundred yards from the house—a well-known landmark in the district.
From Far Away and Long Ago by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
The saints, they told me, have a particular aversion to the ombu tree, and this daring Eve had built her house near one.
From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by Ray, G. Whitfield
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 Tilney, F.C.
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