lebbek

English

lebbek

Etymology

Forsskål’s 1775 Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica recorded the Arabic لَبَخ‎ (labaḵ) as læbach, leæba (page 172), lebbek (page LI, LXXVII), which Willdenow’s 1797 edition of Linnæi Species plantarum made translingual as Acacia lebbeck.

Noun

lebbek (plural lebbeks)

  1. The tree Albizia lebbeck.
    Synonyms: koko, East Indian walnut, woman's tongue tree
    Hypernym: siris

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