buriti palm

noun

bu·​ri·​ti palm

¦bu̇r-ə-¦tē-

variants or less commonly buriti or burity palm or burity

plural buriti palms also buritis or burities or burity palms

: a large fan palm (Mauritia flexuosa synonym M. vinifera) chiefly of Brazil that has a reddish fruit with edible seeds and orange-yellow oily pulp and stems that yield a useful fiber

called also ita palm, moriche palm

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese buriti

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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