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Abroma

noun
Abro·​ma | \ əˈbrōmə\

Definition of Abroma

: a genus of Asian and Australian woody plants (family Sterculiaceae) the bark of which yields a strong white fiber — see devil's-cotton

First Known Use of Abroma

1795, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Abroma

borrowed from New Latin, from a- a- entry 2 + Greek brôma “food,” from brō- (going back to Indo-European *gʷṛh3- “devour, consume”) + -ma, deverbal suffix of result

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