ombu

Questions about ombu

What is another word for ombu?

It depends which ombu you mean. In the sense “fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves”, the synonyms are bella sombra, Phytolacca dioica. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of ombu?

WordNet records no antonym for ombu. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for ombu come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of ombu

• Full entry for ombuAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for ombuWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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