Orbignya martiana n 1: tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn: {babassu}, {babassu palm}, {coco de macao}, {Orbignya phalerata}, {Orbignya spesiosa}, {Orbignya martiana}]
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