English noun: babassu | |||
1. | babassu (plant) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | ||
Synonyms | babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa | ||
Broader (hypernym) | feather palm | ||
Part holonym | babassu nut | ||
Member meronym | genus Orbignya, Orbignya | ||