timbo

Definitions

1. The pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
   obsolete, possibly
2. smoke

Equivalents

Examples

“Among the handsomest trees which I have⟳ met is the "Timbo" (Enterolobium timbosa), which grows sometimes to the height of [...]. Half a dozen other species of Enterolobium, all inferior to the Timbo, grow⟳ in the Paraguayan forests.”

“The host⟳ is sometimes called the Timbo, but it is not the true Timbo, which is Enterolobium contortisiliquum.”

“At a short distance from the banks of the river Paraguay commences the forest exhibiting its red and white quebrachos, carob-trees, timbos, etcetera. The soil is very rich and in the clearings there are excellent pastures' ...”

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