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peewah n (Trinidad and Tobago)

The peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a South American palm tree. The edible fruit of this plant, which has an orange or red skin when ripe, orange pulp which turns floury when cooked, and a single large seed. Today is the Independence Day of Trinidad and Tobago.

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