bacury
noun
ba·cu·ry
variants or less commonly bacuri or bakuri
¦bäk(y)ə¦rē,
¦bak-
plural bacuries also bacuris or bakuris
: a tropical South American timber tree (Platonia insignis) valued for its yellowish brown wood and for its pleasantly perfumed edible fruits which yield an oil used in soapmaking
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese bacurí, from Tupi
First Known Use
1876, in the meaning defined above
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