HyperDic: cohune_palm

English > 1 sense of the expression cohune palm:
NOUNplantcohune palm, Orbignya cohune, cohunetropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
English > cohune palm: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
SynonymsOrbignya cohune, cohune
Member ofOrbignya, genus Orbignyapalms of southern Mexico to northern South America
Partscohune nutnut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts
Broaderfeather palmpalm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
Spanishcohune
Catalancohune

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