MARUPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marupa mean? 

• MARUPA (noun)
  The noun MARUPA has 1 sense:

1. tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack

  Familiarity information: MARUPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARUPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

marupa; Simarouba amara

Hypernyms ("marupa" is a kind of...):

bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)

Holonyms ("marupa" is a member of...):

genus Simarouba; Simarouba (type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark)