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SABAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

American dwarf fan palms

Synonyms:

genus Sabal; Sabal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Sabal" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Sabal"):

cabbage palm; cabbage palmetto; Sabal palmetto (low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds)

Holonyms ("Sabal" is a member of...):

Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales)

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