English > genus Nipa: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | monotypic genus of palms of Australasia. |
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Synonyms | Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa |
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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 | nipa palm, Nipa fruticans | Any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries |
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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 nipa, genus nypa, nipa, nypa |
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Catalan | genus nipa, genus nypa, nipa, nypa |
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