How do you pronounce manicole?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmænəˌkoʊl/.

manicole

/ˈmænəˌkoʊl/

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The Guyana manicole palm or manacachilla (Prestoea tenuiramosa), a species of palm tree native to South America; also, the wood of this tree.

"Next to the mangrove and mora, the most abundant vegetation is supplied by palms of various species. Of these the manicole palm (Euterpe edulis) is the most prominent, [...] Indeed, the dense "bush" there consists almost entirely of enormous numbers of manicoles [...]"
"A house fifty feet by twenty, built in the usual style, wattled with manicoles, thatched with dallabana leaves, with sleeping rooms upstairs, could be built for fifty dollars, materials and labour included."
"Arawak males employ the leaf of the manicole palm (Euterpe oleracea) for similar purposes of temporary expediency, in at least four different ways, [...]"
"No differences were observed between seedlings of the three clustered manicole varieties."
"Palm heart is harvested from the manicole palm, Euterpe oleracea, in the Guyana Northwest. [...] The GFC [Guyana Forestry Commission] annually reports the productions of manicole palm heart and mangrove bark. For manicole, 2.7 million pieces (palm-hearts or "stems") were produced in 2008, as well as 12,619 pieces of mangrove bark."
"For theſe erections [huts] not more than two articles are wanting; the firſt the manicole, by the French called latanie, and here paraſalla, or the pine-tree; and the ſecond the nebees, called by the French liannes, by the Spaniards bejucos, and in Surinam tay-tay. The manicole-tree, which is of the palm-tree ſpecies, is moſtly found in marſhy places, and is always a proof of a rich and luxurious ſoil."

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English manicole, from Lokono manaka. The English word is cognate with Tariana mánaka, Yucuna manakóla.

manicoles (plural)

manicole palm