jatobá
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Portuguese
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Hymenaea_courbaril_1.jpg/220px-Hymenaea_courbaril_1.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi îeta'ybá.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ja‧to‧bá
Noun
[edit]jatobá m (plural jatobás)
- courbaril (a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril)
- the wood of this tree, highly desirable because of its hardness
Further reading
[edit]- “jatobá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024