"piassava" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: piassavas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːvə Etymology: From Portuguese piaçaba, from Tupian. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|piaçaba}} Portuguese piaçaba, {{der|en|tup}} Tupian Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} piassava (countable and uncountable, plural piassavas)
  1. A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Palm trees
    Sense id: en-piassava-en-noun-VF0n7qRO Disambiguation of Palm trees: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8
  2. Either of these two trees. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piassava-en-noun-89vBYPrk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: piasaba, piassaba, piasava Derived forms: Bahia piassava palm (taxonomic: Attalea funifera), Para piassava (taxonomic: Leopoldinia piassaba), piassava palm (taxonomic: Leopoldinia piassaba), piassava fiber palm (taxonomic: Leopoldinia piassaba)

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