Andira

/ænˈdɪrə/ noun

A tropical South American tree of the legume family, valued for its hardwood timber and medicinal bark.

From indigenous Tupi language of Brazil, 'andira' is a direct borrowing that entered Portuguese and then English botanical terminology.

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