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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
assai1
 
SYLLABICATION:as·sai
PRONUNCIATION:  ä-s
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. as·sais
1. Any of several feather-leaved South American palms, especially Euterpe edulis and E. oleracea, that are important sources of heart of palm. 2. A beverage made from the fleshy purple fruit of one of these palms.
ETYMOLOGY:Portuguese assaí, from Tupi assahi.
 
 
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