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    BABASSU PALM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 ivoryplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    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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