A tropical palm tree (Acrocomia vinifera) native to Central and South America that produces a large, useful fruit.
From Spanish 'coyol', borrowed from Nahuatl languages of Mexico, where the tree is native. The word traveled from indigenous language → Spanish → English.
The coyol palm is practically a survival tree in Central America—people eat the fruit, use the fiber, and extract oil, making it invaluable to communities where it grows wild.
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