booboo2 kind of palm tree

Part of Speech n3
    • kind of palm tree
      • plants
      • Scientific Name ptychococcus species
      • Example 1070:
        O booboo o naono na sun potee nana bono kobuu geo are. Ahiki to vakarapi teve.
        The booboo palm is like the kobuu palm or the betelnut palm. It does not have any fork.
        Source: Sii 15W 013-014
      • Example 1071:
        Paka no booboo na paku vonaen teo pihae.
        The leaves of the booboo palm are like the coconut frond.
        Source: Sii 15W 015
      • Example 1072:
        O gosi booboo na paku riori bona maa aito.
        The shoot of the booboo palm is used for medicine.
        Source: Sii 15W 016
      • Example 1073:
        O rom booboo na paku riori bono pakoo bara na paku riori bono inaho.
        The stem of the booboo is used for making the war club or the planting stick.
        Source: Sii 15W 017

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  • See also:
    • inaho planting stick made from the booboo tree; the stem of the coconut, the kugumaru or the Albert palm
    • kobuu1 kind of palm used for making the floor of a house.
    • pakoo2 war club
    • vakarapi (of trees) fork