COURBARIL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood

Synonyms:

courbaril; Hymenaea courbaril

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("courbaril" is a kind of...):

locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (substance of "courbaril"):

courbaril copal (resin from the courbaril tree)

Holonyms ("courbaril" is a member of...):

genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea (genus of tropical American timber trees)