A South American palm tree that produces edible fruits and is used for various purposes including food and fiber.
From Portuguese caranda or Spanish carandá, borrowed from Guaraní or Tupi languages of South America, referring to the palm species Copernicia alba.
The caranda palm was so useful to indigenous peoples that its name survives in modern Spanish and Portuguese—it's been feeding South Americans for thousands of years!
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