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SABAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Sabal; Sabal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sabal" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Sabal"):
cabbage palm; cabbage palmetto; Sabal palmetto (low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds)
Holonyms ("Sabal" 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)