'with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil' definitions:

Definition of 'with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil'

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