grugru

[ groo-groo ]
/ ˈgru gru /

noun

any of several spiny-trunked, tropical feather palms, as Acrocomia totai, of tropical America, having a swollen trunk with rings of blackish spines.
Also called grugru grub, grugru worm. the larva of any of several South American billbugs, as Rhynchophorus cruentatus, that feeds on the pith of palm trees, sugar cane, etc., and is sometimes prized as food.

Origin of grugru

1895–1900; < American Spanish grugrú < Carib

Words nearby grugru

gruelling, gruenberg, gruesome, gruff, gruffy, grugru, gruiform, grum, grumble, grumbling appendix, grume

British Dictionary definitions for grugru

grugru
/ (ˈɡruːɡruː) /

noun

any of several tropical American palms, esp Acrocomia sclerocarpa, which has a spiny trunk and leaves and edible nuts
the large edible wormlike larva of a weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, that infests this palm

Word Origin for grugru

C18: from American Spanish (Puerto Rican dialect) grugrú, of Cariban origin