Mimbres Definition
mĭmbrĭs
noun
The final period of the Mogollon culture, from the 9th to the 13th century, noted for its distinctive pottery bowls painted with black-on-white designs.
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Origin of Mimbres
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After the valley of the Mimbres River in southwestern New Mexico, in which the culture flourished from Spanish mimbres pl. of mimbre willow, withy, wicker variant of vimbre from Old Spanish vimbre, vimpne from Latin vīmen vīmin- wei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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