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COPERNICIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slow-growing tropical fan palms
Synonyms:
Copernicia; genus Copernicia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Copernicia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Copernicia"):
carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm (Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax)
caranda; caranda palm; caranday; Copernicia alba; Copernicia australis; wax palm (South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax)
Holonyms ("Copernicia" 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)
