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Webster 1913 Edition
Macavahu
‖
Maˊca-va′hu
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A small Brazilian monkey (
Callithrix torquatus
), – called also collared teetee
. Macaw bush
(Bot.)
, a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade (
– Solanum mammosum
). Macaw palm
,
Macaw tree
(Bot.)
, a tropical American palm (
Acrocomia fusiformis
and other species) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also grugru palm
.