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gri-gri

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n.1.An African amulet, talisman or charm. Same as gree-gree,
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Noun1.gri-gri - tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
Acrocomia aculeata, grugru, grugru palm, macamba
grugru nut - nut of Brazilian or West Indian palms
feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
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Spiritual status was also accorded trees--such as the gri-gri (Bucida buceras), whose name refers to magic--that reminded them of African trees.
Update on spirit trees by Nicholls, Robert / American Forests
It was gri-gri from the cliff dweller that Dogon dancer of tall masques who made Mississippi Lester Young believe in kilometers of python skin designs drying his tongue too tight getting bitter between stiff reeds of Nubia or Helsinki via Carbondale .
Ted Joans and the (b)reach of the African American literary canon by Fox, Robert Elliot / MELUS
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