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    GENUS CARYOTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Fishtail palmsplay

    Synonyms:

    Caryota; genus Caryota

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Caryota" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Caryota"):

    fishtail palm (attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage)

    Holonyms ("genus Caryota" 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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