noun
tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber
• Syn: ↑coyol palm, ↑Acrocomia vinifera
• Hypernyms: ↑feather palm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acrocomia, ↑genus Acrocomia
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\(ˈ)kō|yōl, kəˈy-\ noun also coyol palm (-s)Etymology: Mexican Spanish coyol, from Nahuatl coyoli, literally, bell; from the shape of the fruit and the rattle made by the dried fruit when shaken
1. : any of several tropical American palms of the genus Acrocomia (especially A. vinifera)
2. : the fiber of a coyol
Useful english dictionary. 2012.