acapu

acapu

English

Acapu (Andira humilis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese acapu, from Old Tupi.[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kəˌpu/, /ˌɑ.kəˈpu/

Noun

acapu (plural acapus)

1. Any of several tropical New World trees in:
   1. genus Andira.
   2. species Clathrotropis nitida
   3. species Vouacapoua americana
2. (uncountable) The dark wood of these trees.

   The chair was made of oak, the table of acapu.

Translations

trees of the genus Andira

Portuguese: acapu m

species Clathrotropis nitida

species Vouacapoua americana

Portuguese: acapu m

wood of such trees

Portuguese: acapu m

References

1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

Further reading

• acapu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clathrotropis nitida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Portuguese

Noun

acapu m (plural acapus)

1. acapu (trees of the genus Andira)
2. acapu (species Vouacapoua americana)
3. acapu (wood of such trees)