grugru grub

grugru grub
noun
see grugru 2

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  • grugru — noun tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts • Syn: ↑gri gri, ↑grugru palm, ↑macamba, ↑Acrocomia aculeata • Hypernyms: ↑feather palm • Part Meronyms: ↑g …   Useful english dictionary

  • grugru — /grooh grooh/, n. 1. any of several spiny trunked, tropical feather palms, as Acrocomia totai, of tropical America, having a swollen trunk with rings of blackish spines. 2. Also called grugru grub, grugru worm. the larva of any of several South… …   Universalium

  • Grugru worm — Gru gru worm (Zo[ o]l.) The larva or grub of a large South American beetle ({Calandra palmarum}), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Calandra palmarum — Grugru worm Gru gru worm (Zo[ o]l.) The larva or grub of a large South American beetle ({Calandra palmarum}), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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