HyperDic: genus_corypha

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Corypha:
NOUNplantgenus Corypha, Coryphalarge fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
English > genus Corypha: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia.
SynonymCorypha
Member ofPalmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm familychiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves
Membersgebang palm, Corypha utan, Corypha gebangalarge-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia
talipot, talipot palm, Corypha umbraculiferatall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcorypha, genus corypha
Catalancorypha, genus corypha

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