brabn.
/brab/ The Palmyra palm ( Borassus flabelliformis).
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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 76 Another Tree called Brabb, bodied like a Cocoe.
1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies v. 75 A few brab-trees, or rather wild palm-trees (the word brab being derived from Brabo, which in the Portugueze signifies wild).
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 81 A screen of brab-trees.
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