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Definition of Pissaba palm
1. Noun. Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes.
Generic synonyms: Feather Palm
Group relationships: Attalea, Genus Attalea
Terms within: Coquilla Nut
Literary usage of Pissaba palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"pissaba palm. COQUILLA. St. IS—30 ft., 8-13 in. diam., smooth: Ivs. as long as
the caudex, green both sides; petioles with very long hanging fibers; ..."
2. Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid (1861)
"... also tipped with curare, and the " macana," or war-club, a species peculiar
to South America, made out of the hard heavy wood of the pissaba palm. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"pissaba palm. COQUILLA. St. IS—30 ft., 8-13 in. diam., smooth: Ivs. as long as
the caudex, green both sides; petioles with very long hanging fibers; ..."
4. Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid (1861)
"... also tipped with curare, and the " macana," or war-club, a species peculiar
to South America, made out of the hard heavy wood of the pissaba palm. ..."
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