Piassava Definition

pēə-sävə
noun
Either of two South American palm trees, Attalea funifera or Leopoldinia piassaba, from which a strong coarse fiber is obtained.
American Heritage
A stiff, elastic fiber obtained from any of various palms and used in making brushes, brooms, etc.
Webster's New World
A palm yielding piassava; esp., any of several Brazilian palms (as Leopoldinia piassaba and Attalea funifera)
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Piassava

Noun

Singular:
piassava
Plural:
piassavas

Origin of Piassava

  • Portuguese from Tupí pïa’sawa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Portuguese piaçaba.

    From Wiktionary

Piassava Sentence Examples

  • Mangabeira rubber is collected to a limited extent, and piassava fibre is an article of export.

  • The most important palm of the country perhaps is the Raphia vinifera, which produces the piassava fibre of commerce.

  • The fibre of the piassava (Leopoldinia piassava, or Attalea funifera) is widely used for cordage, brushes and brooms. There are many other palms whose fruit, fibre and wood enter largely into the domestic economy of the natives, but the list given shows how important a service these trees rendered to the aboriginal inhabitants of tropical America, and likewise how useful they still are to the people of tropical Brazil.

  • Palm, or piassava fibre, derived from the piassava palm, is used in the manufacture of brooms, brushes, &c. It is found as far south as southern Bahia, and the export could be very largely increased.

  • The exports also include hides, mangabeira rubber, piassava fibre, diamonds, cabinet woods and rum.

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