munguba
/mʌŋˈɡuːbə/noun
A South American silk cotton tree, Pseudobombax munguba (family Bombacaceae).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), naturalist. From Portuguese munguba, monguba, probably from Tupi.
- nitrocellulose
- nitrochalk
- nitro-compound
- nitrocotton
- nitro-derivative
- nitroethane
- nitroform
- nitrofuran
- nitrofurantoin
- nitrofurazone
- nitrogen
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenate
- nitrogenated
- nitrogenation
- nitrogen balance
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen dioxide
- nitrogeneous
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrogen fixer
- nitrogen-fixing
- nitrogenic
- nitrogenisation
- nitrogenise