orbignya phalerata
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivorySynonyms: babassubabassu palmcoco de macaoOrbignya phalerataOrbignya spesiosaOrbignya martiana
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
babassu \babassu\ n.
1.a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Syn: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana. [WordNet 1.5] babbiting