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ORBIGNYA PHALERATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orbignya phalerata mean?
• ORBIGNYA PHALERATA (noun)
The noun ORBIGNYA PHALERATA has 1 sense:
1. tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
Familiarity information: ORBIGNYA PHALERATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
babassu; babassu palm; coco de macao; Orbignya martiana; Orbignya phalerata; Orbignya spesiosa
Hypernyms ("Orbignya phalerata" is a kind of...):
feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "Orbignya phalerata"):
babassu nut (hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm)
Holonyms ("Orbignya phalerata" is a member of...):
genus Orbignya; Orbignya (palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm)
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