vebe cutnut, bush nut (Lecythidaceae)

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	feᵐbe

• • cutnut, bush nut (Lecythidaceae)
  • • Bot

  Scientific Name

  Barringtonia edulis

  • • Example 2274:
      

      li-ta vebe

      split a ‘cutnut’

    • Example 2580:
      

      Dapa pe li-anu kava, li-e vebe ñe ponu, me kape ije dapa memia etapu.

      Kava drinkers eat cutnut right after it, to take away the bitter taste.

Related entries

• Is Part of:
  • vebe mata-diro k.o. cutnut, whose elongated fruit reminds of an arrow tip