The Collaborative International Dictionary
with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil
babassu \babassu\ n. 1. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil ( Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil ( ) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Syn: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana.