ácumba

ácumba
m (-n/-n) 1. oakum, that which is combed, the coarse part of hemp, hards, flax, tow; 2. the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees, and figuratively of other things, hence, prunings, clippings, trimmings; 3. reduced to ashes, wood ashes, ashes of oakum; [cemban]

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