单词 | grugru |
释义 | grugru[ groo-groo ] / ˈgru gru / nounany of several spiny-trunked, tropical feather palms, as Acrocomia totai, of tropical America, having a swollen trunk with rings of blackish spines. Also called grugru grub, grugru worm . the larva of any of several South American billbugs, as Rhynchophorus cruentatus, that feeds on the pith of palm trees, sugar cane, etc., and is sometimes prized as food. Origin of grugru1895–1900; <American Spanish grugrú<Carib Words nearby grugrugruelling, Gruenberg, gruesome, gruff, gruffy, grugru, gruiform, grum, grumble, grumbling appendix, grume Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for grugrugrugru / (ˈɡruːɡruː) / nounany of several tropical American palms, esp Acrocomia sclerocarpa, which has a spiny trunk and leaves and edible nuts the large edible wormlike larva of a weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, that infests this palm Word Origin for grugruC18: from American Spanish (Puerto Rican dialect) grugrú, of Cariban origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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