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Championship Word

Wamara

\ wämǝrǝ \

Origin:

Arawak

Definition:

A very hard purplish black wood of a south American tree that has straight fine uniform grain and is used for various purposes but sparingly because of the difficulty of working it

Cecilia has two violin bows, but she uses the older one made from wamara for concerts .

Source: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary