ba·ca·ba
| \ bəˈkäbə \
variants:
or bacaba palm
plural -s
Definition of bacaba
: a palm of the genus Oenocarpus (especially O. bacaba and O. distichus) the drupelike fruits of which yield oil used in soap manufacture
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The first known use of bacaba was circa 1925
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