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GENUS ELAEIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oil palms
Synonyms:
Elaeis; genus Elaeis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Elaeis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Elaeis"):
oil palm (pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils)
Holonyms ("genus Elaeis" 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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