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BABASSU
babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
(noun) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
babassu (plural babassus)
A tall Brazilian feather palm, Attalea speciosa, having hard-shelled nuts that yield an edible oil.
Synonyms
• coco de macao
Source: Wiktionary
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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