Orbignya barbosiana

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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] babbiting