/pee'euh sah"veuh/ , n.
1. Also called monkey grass . a coarse, woody fiber obtained from either of two palms, Leopoldina piassaba or Attalea funifera, of South America, used in making brooms, mats, etc.
2. either of these trees.
Also, piassaba /pee'euh sah"veuh, -beuh/ .
[ 1825-35;
piaçaba ]