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OMBU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ombu mean?
• OMBU (noun)
The noun OMBU has 1 sense:
1. fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
Familiarity information: OMBU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bella sombra; ombu; Phytolacca dioica
Hypernyms ("ombu" is a kind of...):
pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)
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