peach palm
noun
a palm, Bactris gasipaes, having very spiny, tall stems, widely cultivated in the New World tropics for its edible fruit and palm hearts.
Words nearby peach palm
peach,
peach bark beetle,
peach blossom,
peach brandy,
peach melba,
peach palm,
peach tree borer,
peach-blow,
peachblow,
peachblow glass,
peacherino
Example sentences from the Web for peach palm
This new palm was the “pupunha,” or “peach-palm,” as it is called, from the resemblance which its fruits bear to peaches.
The Forest Exiles |Mayne ReidAmong these the peach-palm is quite conspicuous, with its spiny stems and mealy, nutritious fruit.
Equatorial America |Maturin M. Ballou