ba·bas·su (bä b -s  )n. A Brazilian feather-leaved palm (Orbignya phalerata) bearing hard-shelled fruits whose seeds yield an oil that is used in food and skin-care products and as a biofuel. [Portuguese babaçú, from Tupi babassú, ibabassú : ibá, fruit + -bassú, variant of -assú, -guassú, big.] |
babassu [ˌbɑːbəˈsuː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Brazilian palm tree, Orbignya martiana (or O. speciosa), having hard edible nuts that yield an oil used in making soap, margarine, etc.
[from Portuguese babaçú, from a native Amerindian word]
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| Noun | 1. | babassu - tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves genus Orbignya, Orbignya - palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm babassu nut - hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm |
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