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Meaning of silverballi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any of various trees of the laurel family, used for their wood.

Examples

“It has the usual aromatic scent, more pronounced than in the other Silverballis.”
“kurokai (Protium), dalli (Virola), baromalli (Catostemma), locust [courbaril] (Hymenaea), bulletwood (Manilkara), crabwood (Carapa), the silverballis (Lauraceae of the genera Ocotea, Aniba, Nectandra and Licaria), simarupa (Simaruba) and red cedar [South American cedar] (Cedrela).”
“Mora, simarupa, tauronira, wamara, silverballi, kabukalli, wallaba rolled off our tongues with the smoothness of the seeds we savoured.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

silverbeater silverbeet silverbell silverbelly Silverberg silverberry

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