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Meaning of limba | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.

Equivalents

Français fraké limba
Yorùbá afara

Examples

“This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.”
“Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.”
“Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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