- very: allegro assai (very quick).
- any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- (usually preceded by a musical direction) very
- any of several Brazilian palm trees of the genus Euterpe, esp E. edulis, that have small dark purple fleshy edible fruit
- a beverage made from the fruit of this tree
