corozo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of corozo
C18: via Spanish from an Indian name
Example Sentences
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Plant remains show the use of maize, legumes, and multiple palm species -- moriche palm, corozo palm, cumare palm, totai palm, palmita, and peach palm.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025
The two-storey, wooden rafts are built by hand atop two large canoes and covered with the looping corozo leaves, bright lights and balloons mirroring the town's blue and white flag.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022
"Even though I have a bad leg, I help out," he says, intertwining the corozo leaves.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022
The 100 percent cotton twill chino with a compact weave, tonal herringbone pocketing and natural corozo buttons has a slightly oversize fit, a high waist and a straight leg.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2018
The thorns are not slender and long like those of the corozo and other thorny palm-trees; but on the contrary, very woody, short, and broad at the base, like the thorns of the Hura crepitans.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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