Citations:awara

English citations of awara

1. (Guyana) The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon Rainforest region.
   • 2012, Tanure Ojaide, chapter 21, in Stars of the Long Night: A Novel, Lagos, Nigeria: Malthouse Press, →ISBN, page 140:

     In front of them two uwara trees, tall, slim, and as beautiful as trees could be.

     Uncertain whether this is the same plant.