| orbignya | (n) palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm, Syn. genus Orbignya |
| babassu | (n) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory, Syn. Orbignya phalerata, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, babassu palm, Orbignya spesiosa |
| cohune palm | (n) tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory, Syn. cohune, Orbignya cohune |