Definition of Orbignya

1. Noun. Palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbignya

Orange Free State
Orange GGN
Orange Group
Orange Order
Orange River
Orange River Colony
Orangeism
Orangeman
Orangemen
Orangewoman
Orangewomen
Orangey
Orangies
Orasone
Orbeli effect
Orbignya (current term)
Orbignya cohune
Orbignya martiana
Orbignya phalerata
Orbignya spesiosa
Orbison
Orcadian
Orcadians
Orchestia
Orchestiidae
Orchidaceae
Orchidales
Orchis mascula
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis

Literary usage of Orbignya

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1884)
"D'Orbignya, Woodward, 1862. ... d'Orbignya, but it presents the further peculiarity of an indefinite number of pallial ..."

2. Riches of the Forest: Fruits, Remedies and Handicrafts in Latin America by Citlalli López Binnqüist, Patricia Shanley, Alfredo Celso Fantini (2004)
"... (Orbignya phalerata Martius) e sua exploracao na regiao dos cocais, Maranhao, ... JMF 1995 Integral processing of babassu palm (Orbignya phalerata, ..."

3. A Manual of the Mollusca: Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shellsby Samuel Peckworth Woodward, Ralph Tate by Samuel Peckworth Woodward, Ralph Tate (1875)
"... inflection" as in D'Orbignya, but presents the further peculiarity of an indefinite number of pal- lial ..."

4. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"... inflection" as in d'Orbignya, but it presents the further peculiarity of an indefinite number of pallial ..."

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