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Tucum   Listen
noun
Tucum  n.  A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.






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"Tucum" Quotes from Famous Books



... of clothing of any kind all she did do was to try to bury the fork in the sand and then sit on it; and it was reclaimed without difficulty. One or two of the children wore necklaces and bracelets made of the polished wood of the tucum palm, and of the molars ...
— Through the Brazilian Wilderness • Theodore Roosevelt



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