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wallaba

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See Eperua.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves, reddish-brown wood, and clusters of red flowers.

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Examples

  • Straining their medium of its opacity, I drew off the clayey liquid and replaced it with the clearer brown, wallaba-stained water of the Mazaruni; and thereafter all their doings, all their intimacies, were at my mercy.

    Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

  • The roof is clad in wallaba wood shingles with copper ridges.

    NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER BLEYER 2011

  • The roof is clad in wallaba wood shingles with copper ridges.

    NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER BLEYER 2011

  • I had gone about half a day down the river to a part of the forest where the wallaba-trees were in great plenty.

    Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

  • The second size, all golden-green on the back, must be looked for in the wallaba-forest.

    Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

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