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timit|ˈtɪmɪt|
[Native name in Galibi.]
A species of palm, Manicaria saccifera, var. Plukenetii, a native of Trinidad, and of the tidal swamps of the Amazon. Also attrib.
1858Cruger Outl. Flora Trinidad 5 The timit (Manicaria) grows in light sandy soils. 1871Kingsley At Last xi, Rows of posts, probably of palm-stems thatched over..with the leaves of the Timit palm. Ibid. xii, Each Negro..carried a Timit-leaf, and hooked it on to his head when a gush of rain came down. |