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Definition of Piassava
1. n. A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piaçaba and piasaba.
Definition of Piassava
1. a coarse, stiff fiber [n -S]
Medical Definition of Piassava
1. A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Synonym: piacaba and piasaba. Origin: Pg. Piasaba. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piassava
| pianophile pianophiles pianos pians piapec piarachnoid piarist piarists pias piasaba | piasabas piasava piasavas piaster piasters piastre piastres piation piazza piazzalike | piazzas piazze piazzian pibal pibals |
Literary usage of Piassava
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"piassava.—This fibre is obtained from the piassava palm, growing chiefly in Brazil.
There are, however, two varieties of piassava; the Brazilian is obtained ..."
2. Brazil [a Handbook]. (1891)
"José Gonçalves, piassava and woods. Benn. Edward, & Son. ... Oldach & De Hose,
coffee, tobacco, piassava, and rubber. Ottens, FH, tobacco, coffee, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Commonwealth Society (1906)
"piassava is the bass fibre of the lower or fleshy leaf-stalks of the bamboo palm.
The preparation of piassava is of the simplest, and is most admirably ..."
4. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"piassava is much used there for dunnage; it [SUGAR is in bundles 4 feet long and
... piassava twines like ivy round the trunks of trees ; it is an excellent ..."
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