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单词 murumuru
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murumurun.

Brit. /mʊəˌruːmʊəˈruː/, /mᵿˌruːmᵿˈruː/, U.S. /məˌruməˈru/
Forms: 1800s murumurú, 1800s– murumuru.
Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese murumuru.
Etymology: < Portuguese murumuru < Tupi murumuru < Carib murumuru. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mu·rumu·ru) /ˈmuːruːˈmuːruː/.
An Amazonian palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, having multiple stems covered with black spines, and seeds which are a source of oil. Also more fully murumuru palm.
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1834 Penny Cycl. II. 524/2 Among the more remarkable [species] are, Astrocaryum murumuri, a common inhabitant of swampy places in the neighbourhood of Para, where it is called murumurú; the flesh of the fruit..is considered a great delicacy by the Americans.
1853 A. 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.
1860 M. Reid Odd People 135 These thorns are the spines of the ‘murumuru’, or ‘pupunha’ palm.
1927 R. R. Gates Botanist in Amazon Valley vi. 134 We stopped again to take on a canoe load of murumuru nuts.
1961 P. 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.
1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 68/2 A[strocaryum] murumura Mart. (Murumuru). Amazonian Basin. Oil (Murumuru Oil, Murumuri Fat).
1995 Conservation Biol. 9 52/2 On all three islands, numerous floodplain forest species were reduced or eliminated under management, such as..the spiny murumuru palm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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