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
Palm-trees are rare; we saw only a few scattered trunks of the thorny piritu and corozo.
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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