manicole

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manicole

  • /ˈmænəkəʊl/ UK
  • /ˈmænəˌkoʊl/ US

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Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English manicole, from Lokono manaka. The English word is cognate with Tariana mánaka, Yucuna manakóla.

noun manicoles

  1. Guyana Any of the genus Euterpe of palm trees native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies; especially of species Euterpe oleracea (acai palm). Next to the mangrove and mora, the most abundant vegetation is supplied by palms of various species. Of these the manicole palm (Euterpe edulis) is the most prominent, [...] Indeed, the dense "bush" there consists almost entirely of enormous numbers of manicoles [...]

    Similar: manicole palm

  2. Guyana, attributive The Guyana manicole palm or manacachilla (Prestoea tenuiramosa), a species of palm tree native to South America; also, the wood of this tree. For theſe erections [huts] not more than two articles are wanting; the firſt the manicole, by the French called latanie, and here paraſalla, or the pine-tree; and the ſecond the nebees, called by the French liannes, by the Spaniards bejucos, and in Surinam tay-tay. The manicole-tree, which is of the

    Similar: manicole palm

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noun palm tree of the genus Euterpe

Русскийэвтерпа evterpa

noun Prestoea tenuiramosa

Españolmanacachilla, manacasia, manakapí
Françaispalmiste manicole

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@misc{manicole_2026,
  title = {manicole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manicole},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}