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EUTERPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Muse (in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
Synonyms:
Euterpe; genus Euterpe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Euterpe" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Euterpe"):
cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea (Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young)
Holonyms ("Euterpe" 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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