'Orbignya phalerata' definitions:
Definition of 'Orbignya phalerata'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Orbignya phalerata'
From: GCIDE
- 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