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    PISSABA PALM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushesplay

    Synonyms:

    Attalea funifera; bahia coquilla; Bahia piassava; piassava palm; pissaba palm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

    Meronyms (parts of "pissaba palm"):

    coquilla nut (nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory)

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

    Attalea; genus Attalea (unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America)

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