HyperDic: orbignya_cohune

English > 1 sense of the expression Orbignya cohune:
NOUNplantOrbignya cohune, cohune palm, cohunetropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
English > Orbignya cohune: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Synonymscohune palm, 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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