English > Borassus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | palmyra. |
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Synonym | genus Borassus |
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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 | palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer | tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar |
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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 | borassus, género borassus, genus borassus |
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Catalan | borassus, Borassus, genus borassus |
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