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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ita palm

/īt'-ə päm/ · I·ta palm · IPA
01 A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make th…
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    A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber.(Bot.)