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ba·bas·su

(bä′bə-so͞o′)

A Brazilian feather-leaved palm (Orbignya phalerata) having hard-shelled fruits whose seeds yield an oil used in food and skin-care products and as a biofuel.

[Portuguese babaçú, from Tupí babassú, ibabassú : ibá, fruit + -bassú, variant of -assú, -guassú, big.]

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babassu

(ˌbɑːbəˈsuː)

(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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ba•bas•su

(ˌbɑ bəˈsu)

n., pl. -sus.

a palm, Orbignya barbosiana, of NE Brazil, bearing nuts that yield an oil used in the manufacture of soaps and cosmetics and as a cooking oil.

[1920–25; < Portuguese babaçú]

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babassu - tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory

babassu palm, 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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