Timbo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Timbo is a noun meaning (possibly obsolete) The pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
Meaning
(possibly obsolete) The pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
Example Sentences
The host is sometimes called the Timbo, but it is not the true Timbo, which is Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
At a short distance from the banks of the river Paraguay commences the forest exhibiting its red and white quebrachos, carob-trees, timbos, etcetera. The soil is very rich and in the clearings there are excellent pastures' .
Among the handsomest trees which I have met is the "Timbo" (Enterolobium timbosa), which grows sometimes to the height of [...]. Half a dozen other species of Enterolobium, all inferior to the Timbo, grow in the Paraguayan forests.
Word Forms
- timbos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tipa, tamacoare, pacara, tamarinde, tabonuco, conacaste.
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