murumuru
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Noun
[edit]murumuru (uncountable)
- A rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers.
- 2007 August 24, Andrew Downie, “Beautifying the World With Amazon Ingredients”, in New York Times[1]:
- “China has few people with curly hair, so murumuru won’t sell well there,” Mr. Carlucci said.