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
- sleighs
- sleight
- sleight of hand
- sleights
- sleights of hand
- sleighty
- slemani
- slendang
- slender
- slender aster
- slender bent grass
- slender blue flag
- slender deutzia
- slender foxtail
- slender gooseberry
- slender grama
- slender loris
- slender rush
- slender vetch
- slender wheat grass
- slenderer
- slenderest
- slenderise
- slenderised
- slenderises