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noun
A palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cohune palm, Orbignya cohune
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Broader terms: feather palm
History
Borrowed from Spanish cohune, perhaps from Miskito ókhún.
