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CARYOTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Caryota mean?
• CARYOTA (noun)
The noun CARYOTA has 1 sense:
1. fishtail palms
Familiarity information: CARYOTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fishtail palms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Caryota; genus Caryota
Hypernyms ("Caryota" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Caryota"):
fishtail palm (attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage)
Holonyms ("Caryota" 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)
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