Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

accoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ac-co-ma
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large tree, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, (possibly native to the island of Hispaniola); also, the very hard wood harvested from it, used especially for shipbuilding.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Accoma, n. m., a large tree suitable for building, a very hard wood."
"DOMINGO, SAINT. This island is situated in the Atlantic ocean, fifty miles east of Cuba, and seventy miles east of Jamaica. The country is well stocked with cattle, oak, cedar, pine, Brazil wood, manchineal, the maho, and accoma tree."
"Continued the prisoner: ‘the chicaron and the sabiecca for a ship’s keel; the yaba for the knees; the tocuma for the ribs; the hacama, the gaïac, the cedar, the accoma — ’."

Etymology

Probably from the Haitian Creole accoma.

Word Breakdown

Root: accoma

Usage

Inflected Forms

accomas (plural)

Questions

What does accoma mean?: A large tree, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, (possibly native to the island of Hispaniola); also, the very hard wood harvested from it, used especially for shipbuilding.
Where does accoma come from?: Probably from the Haitian Creole accoma.

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