English > Attalea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America. |
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| Synonym | genus Attalea |
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| Member of | Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves |
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| Members | piassava palm, pissaba palm, Bahia piassava, bahia coquilla, Attalea funifera | Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes |
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| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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| Spanish | attalea, genus attalea |
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| Catalan | attalea, genus attalea |
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