urucurin.
/uːruːˈkuːri/ More fully urucuri palm. The South American palm, Attalea excelsa (also A. funifera); rarely (collective), the nuts obtained from this.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts
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1860 M. Reid Odd People 82 These nuts [sc. palm-nuts] are the fruit of several kinds of palms, but the best are those afforded by two magnificent species,—the ‘Inaja’ (Maximilliana [sic] regia), and the ‘Urucuri’ (Attalea excelsa).
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 342 The broad-leaved Murumurú and Urucurí, the slender Assaí.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1063/2 Burning the nuts of the Urucuri palms.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 457 The milk is subjected to the smoke of the urucuy [sic] or nuts of the Atholea excelsa palm.
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1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. iii. 168 The fruit of this palm [Attalea excelsa] ripens on the upper river in April..similar in size and shape to the date... Vicente shook his head when he saw me one day eating a quantity of the Urucurí plums.
1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 705 The Coquilla nuts of commerce..are also termed urucuri nuts.
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