wallaba

English

Etymology

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Noun

wallaba (plural wallabas)

1. A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves, reddish-brown wood, and clusters of red flowers.
   • 1836, Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America:

     The wild red sage is also their favourite shrub, and they buzz like bees round the blossom of the wallaba tree.

References

“wallaba”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Javanese

Romanization

wallaba

1. Romanization of ꦮꦭ꧀ꦭꦧ