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babassu palm

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Noun1.babassu palm - tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
babassu, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa
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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The babassu palm, which grows in the Brazilian Amazon, is harvested sustainably to provide a natural oil for use in Aveda hair conditioners and as a cleansing ingredient in shampoos.
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The babassu palm (Attalaea phalerata) reaches an average density of 200 trees per hectare in the state of Maranhao, but lower densities were reported in the states of Piaui, Goias-Tocantins, and Mato Grosso (5), where babassu trees number an estimated 11 x [10.
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