Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Brazilian palm, Astrocaryum vulgare.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fine, strong fibre obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc..
  • noun The plant that yields this fibre.

Etymologies

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So called by the Native Americans of Brazil.

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