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lebbek

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lebbek
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tree Albizia lebbeck.

Etymology

Forsskål’s 1775 Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica recorded the Arabic لَبَخ (labaḵ) as læbach, leæba (page 172), lebbek (page LI, LXXVII), which Willdenow’s 1797 edition of Linnæi Species plantarum made translingual as Acacia lebbeck.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: لَبَخ, -

Inflected Forms

lebbeks (plural)

Synonyms

koko East Indian walnut woman's tongue tree

Questions

What does lebbek mean?
The tree Albizia lebbeck.
Where does lebbek come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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