combava

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Noun

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combava (plural combavas)

  1. Synonym of kaffir lime
    • 1990 March 19, New York Magazine, page 78:
      Alsatian-born and classically trained, Vongerichten was in love with Oriental exotica—tamarind, galangal (a gingerlike root that tastes of lime), and the citric combavas leaf-from his days in Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
    • 2004, S.A.M.H. Naqvi, editor, Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables, volume 1:
      In Reunion Island, the production of a local selection of combava (Citrus hystrix DC) has steadily declined since the 60's due to severe CTV.
    • 2017, Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 141:
      A certain citrus tree in the Comoro islands northwest of Madagascar and in other nearby islands and in Madagascar itself produces large and very delicate fruits, locally known as combavas.
    • 2019, Dominique Baudoux, Contemporary French Aromatherapy:
      The presence of furocoumarin compounds creates photosensitisation of any skin that is subjected to prolonged exposure to the sun after application of combava expressed essential oil to that area.

Galician

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Verb

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combava

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of combar

Italian

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Noun

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combava f (plural combave)

  1. kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix)