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‖ murumuru|ˈmuːruːˈmuːruː|
[Tupi.]
A Brazilian palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose stem is covered with black spines. Also attrib.
1853A. R. Wallace Palm Trees of Amazon 101 On the Upper Amazon cattle eat the fruits of the Murumurú, wandering about for days in the forest to procure it. 1860Mayne Reid Odd People 135 These thorns are the spines of the ‘murumuru’, or ‘pupunha’ palm. 1927R. R. Gates Botanist in Amazon Valley vi. 134 We stopped again to take on a canoe load of murumuru nuts. They are sometimes burned in the furnaces and they burn rather like charcoal. 1961P. B. Tomlinson Anat. Monocotyledons II. 142 Astrocaryum murumuru (Murumuru Palm), A. tucuma (Tucum Palm), and other spp. are included in a list of Brazilian palms yielding vegetable oils. |