See Also: gombroon(dictionary)

glareal (iou) and gombroon (iou)


glareal (iou)



glareal adjective. M19.
[from Latin glarea gravel + -AL1.]
Botany. Growing on dry, exposed soils. Cf. GLAREOUS 2.

gombroon (iou)



gombroon noun. L17.
[from Gambroon (now Bandar Abbas), a seaport in Iran.]
A kind of white semi-transparent pottery made in Iran in imitation of Chinese porcelain; similar pottery made in England.