GENUS RAVENALA

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Meaning:

Woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Ravenala" 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 Ravenala"):

ravenala; Ravenala madagascariensis; traveler's tree; traveller's tree (giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers)

Holonyms ("genus Ravenala" is a member of...):

family Strelitziaceae; strelitzia family; Strelitziaceae (woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae)

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