Awarra
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Awarra is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of awara.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of awara.
Example Sentences
The food found in its stomach was the seed of the awarra, a species of palm (Aristocaryon spec?)
An Amerindian informant living in the area stated that it fed on fruits of the Awarra Palm Astrocaryum tucumoides and the Cuyuru Palm A. tucuma.
The five principal palms of the British Guiana rivers are the trooly, the aeta, the cocorite, the manicole, and the awarra, and all these grow in the greatest profusion on the banks of the Berbice.
Above Ahwiemah, and upwards until the sandy ridges in the neighbourhood of Youacourie creek are met with, the district is almost a continuous swamp, in which the prickly awarra palms (Astrocaryum) luxuriate and in some places completely line the riverside.
Word Forms
- awarras
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include awara, carajaru, carajuru, carajara, chambira, warratau.
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