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NIPA PALM

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Meaning:

Any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds

Synonyms:

Nipa fruticans; nipa palm

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nipa palm" is a kind of...):

palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)

Meronyms (substance of "nipa palm"):

nipa (made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm)

Holonyms ("nipa palm" is a member of...):

genus Nipa; genus Nypa; Nipa; Nypa (monotypic genus of palms of Australasia)

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