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brab|bræb|
Also brabb.
[? corruption of Pg. brava wild, palmeira brava being the Portuguese name. Written also brab(b-tree.]
The Palmyra palm (Borassus flabelliformis).
1698Fryer Acc. E. India 76 (Y.) Another Tree called Brabb, bodied like a Cocoe. 1766Grose Voy. E. India I. 48 (Y) A few brab-trees, or rather wild palm-trees (the word brab being derived from brabo, which in the Portuguese signifies wild). 1859R. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. R.G.S. XXIX. 81 A screen of brab-trees. |