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Meaning of "piassava" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIASSAVA

Via Portuguese from Tupi piaçaba.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PIASSAVA

ˌpiːəˈsɑːvə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIASSAVA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piassava is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIASSAVA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Piassava

Piassava, which is also called piaçaba, piasaba, pissaba, piassaba, and piaçá, is a fibrous product of two Brazilian palms: Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba. It is often used in making brooms, and for other purposes.

Definition of piassava in the English dictionary

The definition of piassava in the dictionary is either of two South American palm trees, Attalea funifera or Leopoldinia piassaba. Other definition of piassava is the coarse fibre obtained from either of these trees, used to make brushes and rope.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIASSAVA

Balaclava · Bratislava · brava · carver · carvers · cassava · cava · Djawa · Drave · fava · guava · Java · kava · larva · lava · Morava · ottava · papaver · Sava · woodcarver

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIASSAVA

piano music · piano nobile · piano organ · piano piece · piano player · piano roll · piano stool · piano teacher · piano trio · piano tuner · pianoforte · Pianola · pianolist · piarist · piassaba · piaster · piastre · Piave · piazza · piazzian

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIASSAVA

all´ottava · ava · baclava · baklava · Balaklava · block lava · Costa Brava · Daugava · Drava · lava-lava · Libava · Ostrava · pillow lava · Poltava · postcava · tava · Ungava · Vaishnava · vena cava · Vltava

Synonyms and antonyms of piassava in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piassava» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIASSAVA

Find out the translation of piassava to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of piassava from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piassava» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

piassava
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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piasava
570 millions of speakers
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English

piassava
510 millions of speakers
hi

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piassava
380 millions of speakers
ar

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piassava
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

пиассава
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

piaçava
270 millions of speakers
bn

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piassava
260 millions of speakers
fr

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piassava
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Piassava
190 millions of speakers
de

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Piassava
180 millions of speakers
ja

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piassava
130 millions of speakers
ko

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피아 사바
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Piassava
85 millions of speakers
vi

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sợi cọ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

piassava
75 millions of speakers
mr

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पायसावा
75 millions of speakers
tr

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piassava
70 millions of speakers
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piassava
65 millions of speakers
pl

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piassawa
50 millions of speakers
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піассава
40 millions of speakers
ro

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piassava
30 millions of speakers
el

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αγριάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

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piassava
14 millions of speakers
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piassava
10 millions of speakers
no

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piassava
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piassava

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIASSAVA»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piassava

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIASSAVA»

Discover the use of piassava in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piassava and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cassava-Piassava-Massa
The old man, Cassavia-Piassava-Massa, relates to children in the town of Mwowin.
K. Moses Nagbe, 200
2
Fibres:
The leaves are also used for decoration, for instance at religious festivals. The dried inflorescences are widely used as brooms. In this case the entire inflorescence is used with the peduncle serving as shaft. Piassava fibre from the leaf sheath ...
Brink, M. & Achigan-Dako, E.G., 2012
3
New Scientist
Boxed barium clarifies chaotic behaviour Sex change in the sunlight THE PIASSAVA palm (Attaleafunifera) changes sex during its lifetime to take advantage of extra space in the forest when trees around it die. The piassava palm, which grows ...
4
Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials
Results and Discussion figm'ng Electron Microscopy (SEM) SEM micrographs of EVOH and EVOH/fiber composites with 5 and 10% of piassava fibers are shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. Figure 1 shows the micrographs of EVOH surface and the ...
Jiann-Yang Hwang, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Chengguang Bai, 2012
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T.T. Chen Honorary Symposium on Hydrometallurgy, ...
Based on Eqs. (1) and (2), as well as on their similar mathematical coefficients, it is suggested that a hyperbolic type of equation is the best statistical correlation between the ultimate elastic modulus and the diameter of the piassava fibers.
Shijie Wang, J. E. Dutrizac, Michael L. Free, 2012
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Fiber production in the western hemisphere
A workman can collect about 65 pounds (30 kilos) of crude piassava fiber in a day. The fiber is stiff, of firm texture, does not absorb water readily, is light to dark chocolate in color, and y25 to inch (1 to 5 mm.) in diameter at the angular base, ...
Lyster Hoxie Dewey, 1943
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Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2013
Correlation between properties was discussed. Results showed that incorporation of piassava (Attalea funifera Mart) fiber and nanoclay, followed by irradiation represented significant gain in therrno-mechanical properties. Changes in surface ...
Jiann-Yang Hwang, Chengguang Bai, John S. Carpenter, 2013
8
Useful Palms of the World
The product is much finer, softer, and more pliable than piassava and palmyra; it is strong and elastic, somewhat resembling horsehair. It is exported from India, Ceylon, and Malay Peninsula. Piassava fiber has various commercial types, which ...
Michael J. Balick, Hans T. Beck
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Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, ...
Palmae e piassava f piassava 8208 Leopoldinia major Wallace Palmae NC MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil: Amazonas) S? hyg greater piassava piassava majeur chiquichiquito, maurichito, morichita, yará (Venezuela) 8209 ...
M.M. Grandtner, Julien Chevrette, 2013
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Tropical Rainforest Research — Current Issues
Piassava palm (Attalea funifera Mart.) is endemic to the tropical rain forests of Bahia, Brazil. Its fibre has represented a commercially important product since the 16th century, first in the fashioning of anchor ropes and later in the manufacture of ...
D.S. Edwards, W.E. Booth, S.C. Choy, 1996

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIASSAVA»

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1
Replacing Cletus Wotorson - the Scramble for Grand Kru County
Locally grown bamboo and piassava palm are widely used for construction, mats and baskets. Many tropical fruits, domestic and wild, grow in ... «AllAfrica.com, Jan 14»
2
Test your holiday nut-cracking skills against those of wild monkeys
Piassava nuts from palm trees are irregularly shaped and they have a ... monkeys were quite skilled at cracking open piassava nuts with the ... «EarthSky, Dec 13»
3
Monkeys Practice Skilled Tool Use To Crack Open Their Nuts
The team tested to see if the monkeys systematically placed the nuts in the anvil by presenting them with marked piassava nuts (Orbignya spp.) ... «RedOrbit, Feb 13»
4
In Memoriam: Prince Waleans Remember the Late MS Mustapha
Initially the company imported rice and exported local produce such as coffee, cocoa, palm kernel and piassava, and at a later period the ... «Patriotic Vanguard, Jul 12»
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Child Wonder by Roy Jacobsen
... and laughed at them and liked them or thought them silly or redundant, words that were so real you could touch them, like concrete, exhaust, piassava broom, ... «Bookslut, Oct 11»
6
Colour in Sierra Leone
... and Zeid Solomon, in the piassava trade (piassava is a broom-like crop that was harvested mainly in the mangrove environment of Bonthe, ... «Patriotic Vanguard, Jul 11»
7
Francis Obai Kabia: SLPP Flag bearer Aspirant opens up in Dallas
The country is blessed with a fertile land. I know that in the 50's and 60's, we use to export rice, coffee, cocoa, piassava, and other cash crops. «Patriotic Vanguard, Dec 10»
REFERENCE
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