macaasim

noun

ma·​caa·​sim

variants or makaasim

məˈkäˌsēm

plural -s

1

: any of several chiefly Philippine hardwood trees (genus Syzygium and formerly genus Eugenia)

2

: the hard heavy fine-grained durable wood of a macaasim tree

Word History

Etymology

Tagalog makaasim, perhaps from asim sourness

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