"accoma" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: accomas [plural]
Etymology: Probably from the Haitian Creole accoma. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ht|accoma}} Haitian Creole accoma Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} accoma (countable and uncountable, plural accomas)
  1. (rare) A large tree, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, (possibly native to the island of Hispaniola); also, the very hard wood harvested from it, used especially for shipbuilding. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable

Inflected forms

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