murumuru

English

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Noun

murumuru (uncountable)

1. A rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers.
   • 2007 August 24, Andrew Downie, “Beautifying the World With Amazon Ingredients”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “China has few people with curly hair, so murumuru won’t sell well there,” Mr. Carlucci said.