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Noun: coco de macao
  1. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and vegetable ivory
    "coco de macao oil is used in cosmetics and as a cooking oil";
    - babassu, babassu palm, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
Noun: Macao  mu'kaw
  1. A former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999
    - Macau

Type of: feather palm, possession

Part of: genus Orbignya, Orbignya

Encyclopedia: Macao, mépris et passion