English Explanatory Dictionary

jacitara palm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spiny, climbing palm, Desmoncus polyacanthos, native to the southern Caribbean and tropical South America.

Word forms

jacitara palm jacitara palms

Etymology

From Portuguese jacitara, from the name of the plant in Tupi-Guarani.

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