NOUN | plant | Orbignya spesiosa, babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya martiana | tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory |
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Meaning | tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory. | |
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Synonyms | babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya martiana | |
Member of | Orbignya, genus Orbignya | palms of southern Mexico to northern South America |
Parts | babassu nut | hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm |
Broader | feather palm | palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves |
Spanish | coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata |
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