1 bacuri | Definition of bacuri

bacury

noun
ba·​cu·​ry
variants: or less commonly bacuri or bakuri \ ¦bäk(y)ə¦rē , ¦bak-​ \
plural bacuries also bacuris or bakuris

Definition of bacury

: a tropical South American timber tree (Platonia insignis) valued for its yellowish brown wood and for its pleasantly perfumed edible fruits which yield an oil used in soapmaking

First Known Use of bacury

1876, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for bacury

Portuguese bacurí, from Tupi

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