babaçu

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === baguaçu, guaguaçu, aguaçu, uauaçu bauaçu, auaçu, oabaçu, oaguaçu, uaçu, uauçu (rare) babassu, babassú, babaçú, baguaçú, baguassu, baguassú, guaguaçú, guaguassú, aguassú, uauaçú, uauassu, uauassú, auassú, uaguassu, uaguassú, oauaçu, oauassú, oaguaçú, buassú, uaussú (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧çu === Noun === babaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural babaçus) (Brazil) babassu (Attalea speciosa, a tall Brazilian feather palm) Synonyms: palha-branca, coco-de-macaco, coco naiá, coco-pindoba ==== Descendants ==== → English: babassu → French: babaçu, babassu → Italian: babaco === Further reading === “babaçu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “babaçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026