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CARYOTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fishtail palms
Synonyms:
Caryota; genus Caryota
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("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 "Caryota"):
fishtail palm (attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage)
Holonyms ("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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