grugru
any of several spiny-trunked, tropical feather palms, as Acrocomia totai, of tropical America, having a swollen trunk with rings of blackish spines.
Also called grugru grub, grugru worm . the larva of any of several South American billbugs, as Rhynchophorus cruentatus, that feeds on the pith of palm trees, sugarcane, etc., and is sometimes prized as food.
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British Dictionary definitions for grugru
/ (ˈɡruːɡruː) /
any of several tropical American palms, esp Acrocomia sclerocarpa, which has a spiny trunk and leaves and edible nuts
the large edible wormlike larva of a weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, that infests this palm
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