Found 2 items, similar to babassu.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: babassu babassu n : tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa , Orbignya martiana]
English → English (gcide) Definition: babassu babassu \babassu\ n. 1. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana ) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () and a kind of vegetable ivory. Syn: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana. [WordNet 1.5]