bacaba

noun

ba·​ca·​ba

bəˈkäbə

variants or bacaba palm

plural -s

: a palm of the genus Oenocarpus (especially O. bacaba and O. distichus) the drupelike fruits of which yield oil used in soap manufacture

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese bacaba fruit of the bacaba palm, from Tupi

First Known Use

circa 1925, in the meaning defined above

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