Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imbuia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-buia
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ocotea porosa, a tree of southern Brazil, a source of high-end timber.

Etymology

From Portuguese imbuia, of uncertain origin.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: imbuia

Inflected Forms

imbuias (plural)

Questions

What does imbuia mean?: Ocotea porosa, a tree of southern Brazil, a source of high-end timber.
Where does imbuia come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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