bacaba
noun
ba·ca·ba
bəˈkäbə
variants or bacaba palm
plural -s
: a palm of the genus Oenocarpus (especially O. bacaba and O. distichus) the drupelike fruits of which yield oil used in soap manufacture
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese bacaba fruit of the bacaba palm, from Tupi
First Known Use
circa 1925, in the meaning defined above
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- magnetization curve
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- magneto-optical