Also brabb. [? corruption of Pg. brava wild, palmeira brava being the Portuguese name. Written also brab(b-tree.]
The Palmyra palm (Borassus flabelliformis).
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 76 (Y.). Another Tree called Brabb, bodied like a Cocoe.
1766. Grose, Voy. E. India, I. 48 (Y.). A few brab-trees, or rather wild palm-trees (the word brab being derived from brabo, which in the Portuguese signifies wild).
1859. R. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. R. G. S., XXIX. 81. A screen of brab-trees.
