imbirussú
noun
im·bi·rus·sú
¦imbərə¦sü,
-rü¦sü
plural -s
: a timber tree of South and Central America that is an undetermined species of the genus Bombax and that bears pods yielding a brownish fiber similar to kapok
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese embiruçú, embirussú, from Tupi embirussú, imbirussú, from embira, imbira embira + -ussú big