piaçaba

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === piaçava piaçá === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi pïa'sawa (“fibrous plant”).; compare English piassava. === Pronunciation === === Noun === piaçaba f (plural piaçabas) Brazilian palm trees Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba fibrous product of these trees, formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes === Noun === piaçaba m or f (plural piaçabas) toilet brush === Further reading === “piaçaba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “piaçaba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026