Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
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babassu | (noun) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | Synonyms: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa |
sissu | (noun) East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties | Synonyms: Dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissoo |