coquilla

n (Plants) the nut of a South American palm tree, Attalea funifera, having a hard brown shell used for carving. See also cohune[C19: from Portuguese coquilho, diminutive of côco coconut; see coco]

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coquilla nut - nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivoryAttalea funifera, bahia coquilla, Bahia piassava, piassava palm, pissaba palm - Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushesseed - a small hard fruit

coquilla nut

(kōkē`yə, kōkēl`yə) [Span.,=little coconut], fruit of a Brazilian palmpalm,
common name for members of the Palmae, a large family of chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines. Most species are treelike, characterized by a crown of compound leaves, called fronds, terminating a tall, woody, unbranched stem.
..... Click the link for more information. (Attalea funifera), closely related to the coconut palm. Its fruit, 3 to 4 in. (7.6–10.2 cm) long, is very hard, of a richly streaked brown, and capable of taking a fine polish; it is used in cabinetwork and for umbrella handles. More important economically is the stiff, wiry, bright chocolate-colored leaf fiber, called piassava or piassaba, obtained from this and similar palms. It is used in making brooms and rope, and is an important export product in Amazonian South America. The nut is also a source of palm oil. Coquilla nuts are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Arecales, family Arecacae (Palmae).

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noun nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory

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