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Abuta

Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.

Abuta (disambiguation)

Abuta can refer to:

  • The plant genus Abuta in the family Menispermaceae.
  • Plants in the genus Cissampelos, which are sometimes referred to as abuta for their common name.
  • Abuta District, Hokkaidō, a district of Hokkaidō, Japan
  • Strung disk shell money formerly used in New Guinea

Usage examples of "abuta".

For some distance, however, it runs placidly along by the sea-shore, on which big, blue, foam-crested rollers were disporting themselves noisily, and passes through several Aino hamlets, and the Aino village of Abuta, with sixty houses, rather a prosperous-looking place, where the cultivation was considerably more careful, and the people possessed a number of horses.