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NIPA FRUTICANS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
Synonyms:
Nipa fruticans; nipa palm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nipa fruticans" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "Nipa fruticans"):
nipa (made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm)
Holonyms ("Nipa fruticans" is a member of...):
genus Nipa; genus Nypa; Nipa; Nypa (monotypic genus of palms of Australasia)
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