piaçaba

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Portuguese

FWOTD – 6 July 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Tupi pïa'sawa (“fibrous plant”), compare English piassava.

Pronunciation

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Noun

piaçaba f (plural piaçabas)

  1. Brazilian palm trees Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
    • 2000, Museu da Casa Brasileira, Equipamentos, usos e costumes da casa brasileira: Costumes, EdUSP →ISBN, page 117
      1 e 2, p 170 CORDOARIA CABO (referindo-se aos produtos da palmeira piaçaba) "(...) é muito apreciada pelas fibras resistentes das bainhas de suas palmas, com as quais se preparam em especiais cordoarias de piaçaba, cabos, cordas, ...
  2. fibrous product of these trees, formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes
  3. toilet brush
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