tucum

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noun A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.

noun A fine, strong fibre obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc..
noun The plant that yields this fibre.

So called by the Native Americans of Brazil.

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Guapo had made the hammocks, having woven the cords out of the epidermis of the leaf of a noble palm, called "tucum" (_Astrocaryum_).

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
One or two of the children wore necklaces and bracelets made of the polished wood of the tucum palm, and of the molars of small rodents.

VII. With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land 1914
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
The _campos_ were particularly neat in that region -- merely a few _burity_ and _tucum_ palms flourishing on the edge of the water.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
One or two of the children wore necklaces and bracelets made of the polished wood of the tucum palm, and of the molars of small rodents.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
What objects are generally manufactured from tucum?

Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
_tucum_ (_Astrocaryum tucuma_) -- also of immense size.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
Vent.), and short _tocun_ or _tucum_ palms (_Astrocaryum tucuma_ M.).

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894