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‖ pekea|piːˈkiːə|
Also piqui, pikia.
[The native name in Tupi. W. Piso De Rebus Nat. Indiarum, Amsterdam 1658, 141, has ‘Pequea sive Pekia’.]
A tree (Caryocar butyrosum) of the tea family (Ternstrœmiaceæ), native to Guyana, valuable for its timber, and producing nuts resembling the souari- or butter-nuts, but more oily.
1810Southey Brazil III. 758 The piqui is of more importance to a country like Piauhy where drought is the great evil. 1863Bates Nat. Amazon viii, The pikia..bears a large eatable fruit. 1866Treas. Bot. 229/1 C[aryocar] butyrosum..is called Pekea by the natives,..its timber..is valuable for ship-building, mill-work, etc. |