LIMBA

Meaning of LIMBA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlim-bə ]

noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1943

1. : a tall whitish-trunked West African tree ( Terminalia superba ) with straight-grained wood

2. : the wood of a limba

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

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