Showing results for babassu. Search instead for tayassu.

babassu

American

[bah-buh-soo] / ˌbɑ bəˈsu /

noun

a palm, Orbignya barbosiana, of northeastern Brazil, bearing nuts that yield babassu oil.

babassu British

/ ˌbɑːbəˈsuː /

noun

a Brazilian palm tree, Orbignya martiana (or O. speciosa ), having hard edible nuts that yield an oil used in making soap, margarine, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of babassu

1920–25; < Portuguese babaçú < Tupi, equivalent to ybá fruit + guasu large

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The first SAF flight ran between London and Amsterdam in 2008 using fuel derived from a mixture of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

Subsidies for products that come from the forest would help, too; for example, making traditional oil from babassu palm more competitive with soy oil from Brazil’s vast plantations.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2023

A traditional and highly valued gathered plant is the fruit of the babassu palm.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Key ingredients include frankincense, sage and babassu oil.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

As early as 2008 his airline flew a Boeing 747 from London to Amsterdam on a low-carbon fuel made of babassu oil and coconut oil.

From Forbes • Feb. 25, 2014

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023