A type of South American tree or its wood, related to hardwood timber species.
From Tupi or indigenous South American language. Limited historical documentation makes precise etymology unclear, but follows pattern of colonial-era borrowings from native plant names.
Many plant names from the Amazon were recorded only once by colonial observers and then lost—cacam might be known by completely different names today, showing how indigenous knowledge disappears when languages fade.
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