BORASSUS

(Lat.), n. m. *r)-a%s(as)’su8s(suts). Gr., Bépagoos. 1. The fruit of the palm-tree. [Dioscorides (A, 311).] à A Linnæan genus of palms of the tribe Bora eæ. [B, 245.J— Æthiopum [Martius]. An African species resembling B. flabelliform is in general aa arance, but having an enlargement of the stem at about its middle. The leaves and fruit are used for the same purposes as those of B. flabelliform is, cum