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ARENGA

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Meaning:

A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees

Synonyms:

Arenga; genus Arenga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Arenga"):

Arenga pinnata; gomuti; gomuti palm; sugar palm (Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago)

Holonyms ("Arenga" 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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