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GRI-GRI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gri-gri mean? 

GRI-GRI (noun)
  The noun GRI-GRI has 1 sense:

1. tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nutsplay

  Familiarity information: GRI-GRI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRI-GRI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrocomia aculeata; gri-gri; grugru; grugru palm; macamba

Hypernyms ("gri-gri" is a kind of...):

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "gri-gri"):

grugru nut (nut of Brazilian or West Indian palms)


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