This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.
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Limba
Synonyms for "limba" (2 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 10 languages.
Akan
1 entries- ɔfram noun (Terminalia superba)
Anyi
1 entries- frake noun (Terminalia superba)
Baoule
1 entries- tra noun (Terminalia superba)
Ewe
3 entries- afɔɖɔnkɔ noun (Terminalia superba)
- frangɔ noun (Terminalia superba)
- kɛgblale noun (Terminalia superba)
French
2 entries- fraké noun (Terminalia superba)
- limba noun (Terminalia superba)
Ga
1 entries- ofram noun (Terminalia superba)
Japanese
2 entries- アファラ noun (Terminalia superba)
- リンバ noun (Terminalia superba)
Nzima
1 entries- frane noun (Terminalia superba)
Yombe
1 entries- ndimba noun (Terminalia superba)
Yoruba
1 entries- afàrà noun (Terminalia superba)
Sample sentences
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Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.
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Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].
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