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MACAMBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macamba mean?
• MACAMBA (noun)
The noun MACAMBA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
Familiarity information: MACAMBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acrocomia aculeata; gri-gri; grugru; grugru palm; macamba
Hypernyms ("macamba" is a kind of...):
feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "macamba"):
grugru nut (nut of Brazilian or West Indian palms)
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