piassava /pē-ə-säˈvə/ or piassaba /-bə/

1. A coarse stiff fibre used for making brooms, etc, obtained from Brazilian palms, Attalea (coquilla) and Leopoldinia (chiquichiqui)
2. The tree yielding it

• hard shoulders
• hard soap
• hard-standing
• hard-standings
• hard stocks
• hard stuff
• hard swearing
• hardtack
• hardtacks
• megafarad
• megafarads
• megafauna
• megafaunae
• megafaunas
• megaflop
• megaflops
• megaflora
• megaflorae
• megafloras
• megafog
• megafogs
• megagamete
• megagauss
• megagausses
• megaherbivore