babassu palm
tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory • Syn: babassu, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana • Hypernyms: feather palm • Member Holonyms: Orbignya, genus Orbignya • Part Meronyms: babassu nut
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