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BABASSU PALM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory

Synonyms:

babassu; babassu palm; coco de macao; Orbignya martiana; Orbignya phalerata; Orbignya spesiosa

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("babassu palm" is a kind of...):

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "babassu palm"):

babassu nut (hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm)

Holonyms ("babassu palm" is a member of...):

genus Orbignya; Orbignya (palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm)

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