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EUTERPE OLERACEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
Synonyms:
cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea
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Hypernyms ("Euterpe oleracea" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Holonyms ("Euterpe oleracea" is a member of...):
Euterpe; genus Euterpe (a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America)