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🌳 A tropical tree 🐚 A sea snail
Canarium

Canarium

1 9.9
A tropical tree that makes nuts you can eat and a sticky substance used for oil and other products
  • noun
  • /kəˈnɛr.i.əm/
  • Specialized
: Canarium
  • The indigenous people harvest Canarium nuts for their nutritious oil and culinary uses.
  • Canarium almonds

Examples

  • Canarium nuts (Canarium spp.).

    Blog text (1)

  • Specialty foods and consumables included coconuts, Canarium almonds, betel nut, lime, tobacco, and salt.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Canarium nuts (Canarium spp.).

    Blog text (1)

  • Canarium almonds, pigs, taro, bananas, betel nut, betel pepper, tobacco.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Canarium almonds, wasek nuts, pigs, lime, areca nuts, fish nets, small baskets, love magic, dances, canoes.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In various regions, Canarium trees are valued for their edible nuts and resin products.

  • Farmers cultivate Canarium trees to produce oil that is popular in local cooking.

Surface Forms

Canarium singular
Canaria plural

Etymology

Canarium is a scientific Latin name that probably comes from a local name for the tree or its 'nut' (for example kenari in some areas), so you can remember Canarium as the 'nut tree' that gives edible nuts and resin. That's why Canarium names trees valued for their seeds and resin.