hymenaea courbaril

1. 1.

   West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood

   Synonymscourbaril

   Broaderlocust tree

   Part ofHymenaea

Questions about hymenaea courbaril

What does hymenaea courbaril mean?

hymenaea courbaril means "West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood".

What is another word for hymenaea courbaril?

Close synonyms include courbaril. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hymenaea courbaril a common word?

hymenaea courbaril is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.