jacitara palm

noun

jac·​i·​ta·​ra palm

¦jasə¦tärə-

variants or less commonly jacitara

plural -s

: a Brazilian palm of the genus Desmoncus the distal pinnae of whose leaves are represented by retrorse hooks that enable the stem to climb see tipiti

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese jacitara, from Tupi

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