English > Thrinax: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small to medium-sized fan palms. |
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Synonym | genus Thrinax |
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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 | key palm, silvertop palmetto, silver thatch, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii, Thrinax keyensis | small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba |
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thatch palm, thatch tree, silver thatch, broom palm, Thrinax parviflora | small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | genus thrinax, thrinax |
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Catalan | genus thrinax, thrinax |
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