roystonea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Roystonea*:
NOUN	plant	Roystonea, genus Roystonea	a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms

English > *Roystonea*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms.
Synonym	genus Roystonea
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	cabbage palm, Roystonea oleracea	West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young / young
Members	royal palm, Roystonea regia	tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
Broader	monocot genus, liliopsid genus	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanish	genus roystonea, roystonea
Catalan	genus roystonea, roystonea

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