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lebbek

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The tree Albizia lebbeck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: koko, East Indian walnut, woman's tongue tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: siris

History

Etymology

Forsskål’s 1775 Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica recorded the Arabic لَبَخ (labaḵ) as læbach, leæba (page 172), lebbek (page LI, LXXVII), which Willdenow’s 1797 edition of Linnæi Species plantarum made translingual as Acacia lebbeck.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَبَخ (labaḵ) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Bengali: শিরীষ (śiriś) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Bengali: কপীতন (kopiton) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Bengali: ভণ্ডিল (bhonḍil) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Bengali: ভণ্ডির (bhonḍir) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Bengali: ভণ্ডীর (bhonḍir) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Burmese: ကုက္ကို (kukkui) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Burmese: အညာကုက္ကို (a.nyakukkui) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合歡樹 /合欢树 — Albizia lebbeck
  • Finnish: valkoalbitsia — Albizia lebbeck
  • German: Seidenbaum — Albizia lebbeck
  • German: Seidenakazie — Albizia lebbeck
  • German: Schlafbaum — Albizia lebbeck
  • German: Schirmakazie — Albizia lebbeck
  • German: Lebbeckbaum — Albizia lebbeck
  • Haitian Creole: tchatcha — Albizia lebbeck
  • Haitian Creole: tyatya — Albizia lebbeck
  • Hindi: सिरिस (siris) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Japanese: ビルマネムノキ (birumanemunoki) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Japanese: ビルマネム (birumanemu) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Japanese: ビルマゴウカン (birumagōkan) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Japanese: オオバネムノキ (ōbanemunoki) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਂਹ (śarī̃h) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Saraiki: سَرِینہہ (sarīṉh) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Saraiki: شرینہہ (śarīṉh) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Swedish: kokko — Albizia lebbeck
  • Tamil: வாகை (vākai) — Albizia lebbeck
  • Urdu: سرس (siris) — Albizia lebbeck