acapu

noun

aca·​pu

¦äkə¦pü

plural -s

1

a

: any of several tropical American timber trees of the genus Andira (especially A. americana)

b

: the dark chocolate-brown wood of the acapu tree widely used especially in Brazil for flooring and heavy construction

2

a

: an Amazonian leguminous tree (Clathrotropsis nitida)

b

: the wood of this tree used for heavy construction

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese acapú, from Tupi

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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