peach palm

noun

1. a palm, Bactris gasipaes, having very spiny, tall stems, widely cultivated in the New World tropics for its edible fruit and palm hearts.

Example Sentences

Peach palm and camu camu fruit, leaf-cutter and Santander ants, tallo leaves, caiman and capybara are some of the lesser-known treats in store on her impeccable Ciclo-Bioma, menu, created in conjunction with sommelier daughter Laura Hernández-Espinosa.

From The Guardian

The protection is little needed; peach palm wood is hard enough that in the Beni it was used for saw blades.

From Literature

Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots.

From Literature

Using a different method, Jorge Mora-Urpi, one of Clement’s collaborators, concluded that Indians might have bred the modern peach palm by hybridizing palms from several areas, including the Peruvian Amazon.

From Literature

Unlike maize or manioc, peach palm can thrive with no human attention.

From Literature