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COROZO OLEIFERA

Specialty Definition: COROZO OLEIFERA

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Botanical

The oily seeds and fruits are used to fatten chickens. In Darien and the Pearl Islands, the oil is extracted for cooking and hair dressing (!). Colombian curanderos use the oil as a medication for stomach inflammation. Fibers in the leaves are used to make a string. The inflorescences are used to fan away Mosquitos in Colombia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: COROZO OLEIFERA

Non-English Usage: "COROZO OLEIFERA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (American oil palm).

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Alternative Orthography: COROZO OLEIFERA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 52 4F 5A 4F      4F 4C 45 49 46 45 52 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01010010 01001111 01011010 01001111 00100000 01001111 01001100 01000101 01001001 01000110 01000101 01010010 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#82 &#79 &#90 &#79 &#32 &#79 &#76 &#69 &#73 &#70 &#69 &#82 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 0052 004F 005A 004F      004F 004C 0045 0049 0046 0045 0052 0041

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37495249604924946394340395235

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