Orbignya phalerata

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Orbignya phalerata
    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}]

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