piassava means A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From Portuguese piaçaba, from Tupian.
noun
- A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes.“Common brushes and brooms made of bristles, rice straw, piassava, and other animal or vegetable stuffs; also mounted with wood or iron, not colored, without polish or varnish:”
- Either of these two trees.