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‖ urucuri|uːruːˈkuːrɪ|
[a. Brazilian (Tupi) urucurí palm.]
The Brazilian palm-tree, Attalea excelsa (also A. funifera); rarely (collect.), the nuts obtained from this.
1860[see inajá]. 1863Bates Nat. Amazon I. 342 The broad-leaved Murumuru and Urucuri, the slender Assai. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark. 457 The milk is subjected to the smoke of the urucuy [sic] or nuts of the Atholea excelsa palm.
attrib.1863Bates Nat. Amazon II. 168 A quantity of the Urucuri plums. 1866Treas. Bot. 1063/2 Burning the nuts of the Urucuri palms. 1882Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) 705 The Coquilla nuts of commerce..are also termed urucuri nuts. |