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‖ kumbuk|ˈkʌmbʌk, ˈkʊmbʊk|
[Sinhala.]
A name used in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) for the arjun, Terminalia arjuna, an Indian evergreen tree of the family Combretaceæ.
1869R. H. Beddome Flora Sylvatica I. 17 It [sc. Terminalia tomentosa] is called.. Koombook in Ceylon. 1894H. Trimen Hand-bk. Flora Ceylon II. 160 T[erminalia] glabra... Kumbuk. 1923Blackw. Mag. Dec. 860/2 A lovely clear purling stream with the most beautiful Kumbuk trees fringing it on either side. 1971Ceylon Observer (Mag. ed.) 19 Sept. 3/3 She had heard the beast sigh loudly behind the great big kumbuk tree. |