tucumn.
/ˈtuːkəm/ Any of several Brazilian palms of the genera Astrocaryum and Bactris, esp. Astrocaryum vulgare, from the young leaves of which the indigenous peoples obtain a fibre which they make into cordage, nets, hats, etc.; (also) the fibre itself. Also attributive, as tucum-fibre, tucum-oil, tucum-thread.
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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
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials
satchel-palm1658
rattan1681
palmetto thatch1756
thatch-tree1756
rotan1771
cabbage palm tree1773
cabbage tree1796
tucum1810
gomuti1811
hat palm1812
gebang1817
tucuma1824
nikau1827
piassava1841
cabbage palm1847
bussu1850
jupati1856
timite1858
Raphia1866
thatch1866
thatch-palm1866
toquilla1877
raffia palm1897
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre
palmite1555
coir1582
pita1648
kitul1681
silk-cotton1697
pita-thread1748
abaca1751
khus khus1798
gomuti1811
coco fibre1813
Manila hemp1814
pineapple fibre1834
moog1840
piassava1841
Para grass1850
raffia1850
African hair1851
ambari1851
diss1855
munj1855
monkey grass1858
crin vegetal1859
mung1866
lauhala1880
bass?1881
raphia bast1882
istle1883
raphia grass1885
settler's twine1898
tucum1901
Manila fibre1921
bassine1923
sotol1942
1658 G. Piso De Indiæ Utriusque Re Naturali et Medica 128 Quinta Tucum, Palma est mediocris altitudinis: si frondes spectes, Pindovam; si cætera, Palmam dactyliferam repræsentat.]
1810 R. Southey Hist. Brazil I. vii. 205 They used a plant called tocon for the string.
1824 H. E. Lloyd tr. J. B. von Spix & C. F. P. von Martius Trav. Brazil II. 248 Strings of the fibres of palm leaves (tucum).
1874 A. Tootal tr. J. von Staden Captivity Hans Stade 128 Long leaves which they call tokauns.
1901 Nery Amazon 180 The tucum is the fibre of a great palm, Astrocaryum vulgare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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