[bah-buh-soo] 
| a palm, Orbignya barbosiana, of northeastern Brazil, bearing nuts that yield babassu oil. |
| ba·bas·su (bä'bə-sōō') n. A Brazilian feather-leaved palm (Orbignya phalerata) bearing hard-shelled fruits whose seeds yield an oil that is used in food and skin-care products and as a biofuel. [Portuguese babaçú, from Tupi babassú, ibabassú : ibá, fruit + -bassú, variant of -assú, -guassú, big.] |