angelim

noun

an·​ge·​lim

¦anjə¦lim

variants or angelin

-in

plural -s

: any of several chiefly tropical American trees of the genus Andira

especially : cabbage bark

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese angelim, from Tamil anjilī-maram, anjalī-maram

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

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