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GENUS METROXYLON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
Synonyms:
genus Metroxylon; Metroxylon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Metroxylon" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("genus Metroxylon" 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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