lebbek
English
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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)
- The tree Albizia lebbeck.
- Synonyms: koko, East Indian walnut, woman's tongue tree
- Hypernym: siris
Translations
Albizia lebbeck
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