abura

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba abura.

Pronunciation

Noun

abura (plural aburas)

  1. A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyne macrophylla, from the family Loganiaceae.[1][First attested in the mid 20th century.][2]
  2. The soft pale wood from the abura tree. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][2]

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
  2. “abura” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

abura

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あぶら
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