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PHOENICOPHORIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Latanier palm

Synonyms:

genus Phoenicophorium; phoenicophorium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "phoenicophorium"):

latanier; latanier palm (fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region)

Holonyms ("phoenicophorium" 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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