| NOUN | plant | genus Borassus, Borassus | palmyra |
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| Meaning | palmyra. | |
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| Synonym | Borassus | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
| Spanish | borassus, género borassus, genus borassus | |
| Catalan | borassus, Borassus, genus borassus | |
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