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piasaba

piasaba is the alternative form of piassava.

Meaning of piassava

Noun

piassava (countable and uncountable, plural piassavas)

  1. A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes.
    • Common brushes and brooms made of bristles, rice straw, piassava, and other animal or vegetable stuffs; also mounted with wood or iron, not colored, without polish or varnish:1893, United States Congressional serial set, page 150
  2. Either of these two trees.

Questions about piasaba

What is piasaba the alternative form of?
Piasaba is the alternative form of piassava.

Words near piasaba in the dictionary

  1. Piapoco
  2. Piarist
  3. Piarists
  4. Piaroa
  5. PIAs
  6. piasaba
  7. piasava
  8. Piasecki
  9. Piaseckis
  10. Piaseczno
  11. piassaba

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