carbeen

noun

car·​been

ˈkärˌbēn

plural -s

: an Australian eucalypt (Eucalyptus tessellaris) yielding a white crystalline kino

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay (Australian aboriginal languages of the Central New South Wales group) gaabiin

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