acapu

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English

acapu (Andira humilis)

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese acapu, from Old Tupi.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.kəˌpu/, /ˌɑ.kəˈpu/

Noun

acapu (countable and uncountable, plural acapus)

  1. Any of several tropical New World trees in:
    1. genus Andira.
    2. species Clathrotropis nitida
    3. species Vouacapoua americana
  2. (uncountable) The dark wood of these trees.
    The chair was made of oak, the table of acapu.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

acapu m (plural acapus) (Brazil)

  1. acapu (trees of the genus Andira)
  2. acapu (species Vouacapoua americana)
  3. acapu (wood of such trees)
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