Meaning

noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

noun music composed for dancing the samba

noun a lively ballroom dance from Brazil

originBorrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.

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