groo-groogru-grun.

/ˈɡruːɡruː/

Forms: Also 1700s groe-groe, 1800s gri-gri, grou-grou.

Etymology: Origin unknown: perhaps < a language of the West Indies or Suriname.

1. In the West Indies and South America, a name for two species of palm, Astrocaryum aculeatum and Acrocomia sclerocarpa.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms

macaw1657

groo-groo1796

macaw fat1801

oil palm1850

macca-fat palm1873

babassu1876

oil-berry tree1878

macca1892

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms

prickly palm1666

thorny palm1666

palm1681

sagwire1681

wine-palm1681

prickle-palm1684

prickly pole1696

brab1698

palmyra1698

thatch-tree1756

double coconut1775

nibong1779

nipa1779

rhapis1789

cocorite1796

groo-groo1796

borassus1798

cohune1805

traveller's tree1809

tucum1810

gomuti1811

taliera1814

lontar1820

salak1820

ground-rattan1823

geonoma1824

tucuma1824

nikau1827

wax-palm1830

murumuru1834

piassava1835

traveller's palm1850

bangalow1851

inajá palm1853

jacitara1853

peach palm1853

pupunha palm1853

jipijapa1858

urucuri1860

climbing palm1863

sea-apple1864

Alexandra palm1865

coquito1866

thatch1866

thatch-palm1866

açai1868

walking-stick palm1869

kentia1870

toquilla1877

Guadalupe palm1895

tortoiseshell palm1902

pimpler1909

1796 [see sense 2]. 1852 [see sense 2].

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 263 This [Desmoncus] furnishes the gri-gri-canes.

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 128 The Groo-Groo palms (Acrocomia) we also saw for the first time on this occasion.

1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 92 The principal palms on the hills were..‘Mackaw~foot’ and the ‘Grou-grou’.

2. Usually groo-groo worm: The grub of the coleopterous insect Calandra palmarum.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > corn-weevil > calandra palmarum larva or groo-groo worm

groo-groo worm1796

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 22 Another negro also brought me a regale of groe-groe, or cabbage-tree worms, as they are called in Surinam.

1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 215 (note) I have some doubts also of the admissibility of the Groo-groo worms.

1852 Zoologist 10 3662 The groogroo worm—so called because it is found in a species of palm vulgarly called the groogroo.

1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana 266 Gru-gru worm.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	groo-groo
释义	groo-groogru-grun. /ˈɡruːɡruː/ Forms: Also 1700s groe-groe, 1800s gri-gri, grou-grou. Etymology: Origin unknown: perhaps < a language of the West Indies or Suriname. 1. In the West Indies and South America, a name for two species of palm, Astrocaryum aculeatum and Acrocomia sclerocarpa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms macaw1657 groo-groo1796 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 macca1892 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 1796 [see sense 2]. 1852 [see sense 2]. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 263 This [Desmoncus] furnishes the gri-gri-canes. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 128 The Groo-Groo palms (Acrocomia) we also saw for the first time on this occasion. 1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 92 The principal palms on the hills were..‘Mackaw~foot’ and the ‘Grou-grou’. 2. Usually groo-groo worm: The grub of the coleopterous insect Calandra palmarum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > corn-weevil > calandra palmarum larva or groo-groo worm groo-groo worm1796 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 22 Another negro also brought me a regale of groe-groe, or cabbage-tree worms, as they are called in Surinam. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 215 (note) I have some doubts also of the admissibility of the Groo-groo worms. 1852 Zoologist 10 3662 The groogroo worm—so called because it is found in a species of palm vulgarly called the groogroo. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana 266 Gru-gru worm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1796
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