Chiquichiqui Palm (Leopoldinia Piassaba), the Piassaba of the north of Brazil, and one of the palms which yield the Piassaba (q.v.) fibre so much used for making brushes.
Chiquichiqui Palm
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 198
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