Definition of Macahuba

1. a South American palm [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macahuba

macadam
macadamia
macadamia nut
macadamia nut tree
macadamia nuts
macadamia tree
macadamias
macadamise
macadamization
macadamizations
macadamize
macadamized
macadamizes
macadamizing
macadams
macahuba (current term)
macahubas
macallum
macallums
macamba
macao
macaque
macaques
macaranga gum
macarise
macarised
macarises
macarism
macarisms
macarize

Literary usage of Macahuba

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

1. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"MACOY'A. or macahuba PALM, a South American and West Indian palm, called also macahuba palm and great macaw tree. ..."

2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... district of Brazil as a febrifuge, and the straight hollow young shoots of several species are used for tobacco-pipes in Guiana and North I macahuba. ..."

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