[ˏbɑ:bɑ:'su:]
n.
[植]一种巴西棕榈树

[ noun ]
tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
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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}.
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