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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

babassu

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01 n. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (babassu oil) and a kind of veg…
  1. 1.
    a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (babassu oil) and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Syn. babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana.