MARUPA

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Meaning:

Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack

Synonyms:

marupa; Simarouba amara

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marupa" is a kind of...):

bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)

Holonyms ("marupa" is a member of...):

genus Simarouba; Simarouba (type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark)

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