manicoles

Noun

manicole (plural manicoles)

1. (Guyana) Any of the genus Euterpe of palm trees native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies; especially of species Euterpe oleracea (acai palm).
   • Next to the mangrove and mora, the most abundant vegetation is supplied by palms of various species. Of these the manicole palm (Euterpe edulis) is the most prominent, [...] Indeed, the dense "bush" there consists almost entirely of enormous numbers of manicoles [...]1883 December, [Everard Ferdinand im Thurn], “Between the Pomeroon and the Orinoco”, in E. F. im Thurn, editor, Timehri: Being the Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British...

   Synonyms:

   manicole palm

2. (Guyana, attributive) The Guyana manicole palm or manacachilla (Prestoea tenuiramosa), a species of palm tree native to South America; also, the wood of this tree.
   • For theſe erections [huts] not more than two articles are wanting; the firſt the manicole, by the French called latanie, and here paraſalla, or the pine-tree; and the ſecond the nebees, called by the French liannes, by the Spaniards bejucos, and in Surinam tay-tay. The manicole-tree, which is of...[1796, J[ohn] G[abriel] Stedman, chapter X, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; […], volume I, London...

   Synonyms:

   manicole palm