Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A palm, Astrocaryum Tucuma, allied to the tucum, affording a less-used fiber and a fruit prized by the natives. Another related species, A. tucumoides, bears the same name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A Brazilian palm (
Astrocaryum Tucuma ) which furnishes an edible fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum tucuma) withedible fruit .
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Examples
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Four palms are common here: Astrocaryum tucuma, Jessenia bataua, Maximilliana regia, and Socratea exorrhiza.
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Four palms are common here: Astrocaryum tucuma, Jessenia bataua, Maximilliana regia, and Socratea exorrhiza.
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Plenty of _tucum_ or _tucuma_ palms adorned the right bank; whereas on the left bank was fairly open country.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Slender _tucuma_ or _tucuman_ palms were to be seen, which had stems only
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Some build their habitations, composed of a papery substance, attached to the under side of the broad leaves of the tucuma and other palms.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Do Sonho holds title to five mineral concessions and is in the process of being transferred title of one additional mineral concession, which six concessions collectively make up the tucuma Property comprised of 11,500 hectares located in the state of Para, Brazil.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 31 (IPS) - Oil from native tucuma, ouricurí and murumurú palm trees will be used to provide electricity to isolated communities in the depths of the Brazilian Amazon, which are too remote to supply with power by conventional means.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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_tucum_ (_Astrocaryum tucuma_) -- also of immense size.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Vent.), and short _tocun_ or _tucum_ palms (_Astrocaryum tucuma_ M.).
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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