Abroma
noun
Abro·ma
əˈbrōmə
: a genus of Asian and Australian woody plants (family Sterculiaceae) the bark of which yields a strong white fiber see devil's-cotton
Word History
Etymology
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
First Known Use
1795, in the meaning defined above