andiroba
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Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
andiroba (countable and uncountable, plural andirobas)
- Any of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis.
- The high-end wood of the andiroba tree.
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese andiroba, of Old Tupi origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
andiroba f (plural andirobe)
Further reading edit
- andiroba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: an‧di‧ro‧ba
Noun edit
andiroba f (plural andirobas)
- andiroba (Carapa guianensis, a tree of South and Central America)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
andiroba f (plural andirobas)