English > Ceroxylon: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | wax palms. |
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Synonym | genus Ceroxylon |
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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 | wax palm, Ceroxylon andicola, Ceroxylon alpinum | palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles |
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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 | ceroxylon, género ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon |
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Catalan | ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon |
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