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quaruba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quaru-ba
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any tree of the genus Vochysia, of the tropical Americas.

Countable

noun

Wood from these trees.

Uncountable

Etymology

Probably from Portuguese quaruba; further etymology unknown.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

quarubas (plural)

Questions

What does quaruba mean?
Any tree of the genus Vochysia, of the tropical Americas.
Where does quaruba come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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