BAHIA COQUILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bahia coquilla mean? 

• BAHIA COQUILLA (noun)
  The noun BAHIA COQUILLA has 1 sense:

1. Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes

  Familiarity information: BAHIA COQUILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAHIA COQUILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Attalea funifera; bahia coquilla; Bahia piassava; piassava palm; pissaba palm

Hypernyms ("bahia coquilla" is a kind of...):

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "bahia coquilla"):

coquilla nut (nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory)

Holonyms ("bahia coquilla" is a member of...):

Attalea; genus Attalea (unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America)