orbignya barbosiana

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orbignya barbosiana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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