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bussu

bussu noun: the palm tree Manicaria saccifera.

Noun

bussu (plural bussus)

  1. The palm tree Manicaria saccifera.
    • The Bussú, like the Hemp Palm, and the Coco-nut Palm, affords an excellent, durable, ready made cloth.1864, Sophy Moody, The Palm Tree, →OCLC, page 291
    • For here the palms hold court; nowhere else on the broad earth is their glory unveiled as we see it: soft, plumy Jupatis dropping over the water, and fairy-light assaiso and bussús with their light-green vase-like forms, and great noble fan-leaved miritis looking down from their eighty-feet high...1879, “The Mediterranean of America”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 18, page 193

Forms of bussu

pluralbussus

Questions about bussu

What does bussu mean?
Bussu means the palm tree Manicaria saccifera.
What part of speech is bussu?
Bussu is a noun.
What is the plural of bussu?
The plural of bussu is bussus.

Words near bussu in the dictionary

  1. bussing down
  2. Bussings
  3. bussle
  4. Bussnang
  5. Bussora
  6. bussu
  7. bussus
  8. bussy
  9. bust
  10. bust a cap
  11. bust a cap in someone's ass

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