Meaning of umburana | Babel Free

Definitions

A species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber.

Examples

“"For safety I maintained my distance from that ill-famed house and settled under an umburana tree at the curve of a road."”

“Two calves frisked outside beneath the umburana tree.”

“Once again he sees the landscape […] become a phantasmagoria, with strange human fruit hanging from the umburanas and the thornbushes, and boots, scabbards, tunics, kepis dangling from the branches.”

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