chambira
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chambira (uncountable)
- Astrocaryum chambira, a type of palm native to the Amazon rainforest, or the wood of this tree.
- 2009 January 20, Roxana Popescu, “For Peruvians, Baskets for the U.S. Market Bring a New Way of Life”, in New York Times[1]:
- Women in this remote Amazon village can weave fibers from the branch of the chambira palm tree into practically anything they need — fishing nets, hammocks, purses, skirts and dental floss.
See also edit
Chambira palm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
