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PIASSAVA PALM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piassava palm mean?
• PIASSAVA PALM (noun)
The noun PIASSAVA PALM has 1 sense:
1. Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
Familiarity information: PIASSAVA PALM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("piassava palm" is a kind of...):
feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "piassava palm"):
coquilla nut (nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory)
Holonyms ("piassava palm" is a member of...):
Attalea; genus Attalea (unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America)
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