Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imbuzeiro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-buzeiro
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hog plum (Spondias mombin), native to the tropical Americas.

Example Sentences

"Travellers upon this journey have sometimes perished for thirst, and sometimes owed their lives to the Imbuzeiro, … a remarkable tree, with which bountiful Providence has blessed the most arid regions of Brazil: bulbs, about a palm in diameter, and full of water, like water-melons, are attached to its shallow roots."
"Rudino sees the albino girl, still sitting on the ground, and two black vultures at the top of an imbuzeiro, clearing their throats like old men."

Etymology

From Portuguese imbuzeiro.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: imbuzeiro

Inflected Forms

imbuzeiros (plural)

Questions

What does imbuzeiro mean?: A hog plum (Spondias mombin), native to the tropical Americas.
Where does imbuzeiro come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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