| NOUN | plant | genus Ceroxylon, Ceroxylon | wax palms |
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| Meaning | wax palms. | |
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| Synonym | Ceroxylon | |
| 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 | wax palm, Ceroxylon andicola, Ceroxylon alpinum | palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
| Spanish | ceroxylon, género ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon | |
| Catalan | ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon | |
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