Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piassava"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piassava \Pi*as"sa*va\, n. [Pg. piasaba.]
A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees ({Attalea
funifera} and {Leopoldinia Piassaba}), -- used in making
brooms, and for other purposes. Called also {pia[,c]aba} and
{piasaba}.
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