English > genus Metroxylon: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die. |
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Synonym | Metroxylon |
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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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Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | genus metroxylon, metroxylon |
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Catalan | genus metroxylon, metroxylon |
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