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samba

Definitions of samba
  1. noun
    a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
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    type of:
    baile de salón, baile de sociedad
    any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
  2. noun
    music composed for dancing the samba
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    type of:
    música de baile
    music to dance to
  3. 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
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    type of:
    árbol
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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