ACROCOMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acrocomia mean? 

• ACROCOMIA (noun)
  The noun ACROCOMIA has 1 sense:

1. Central and South American feather palms

  Familiarity information: ACROCOMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROCOMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Central and South American feather palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrocomia; genus Acrocomia

Hypernyms ("Acrocomia" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Acrocomia"):

Acrocomia vinifera; coyol; coyol palm (tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber)

Holonyms ("Acrocomia" is a member of...):

Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales)