orbignya phalerata

2 definitions found

orbignya phalerata - 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

orbignya phalerata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Orbignya phalerata
      n 1: tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts
           yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn:
           babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata
           , Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana]