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COPERNICIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Copernicia mean? 

COPERNICIA (noun)
  The noun COPERNICIA has 1 sense:

1. slow-growing tropical fan palmsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


COPERNICIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slow-growing tropical fan palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Copernicia; genus Copernicia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Copernicia"):

carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm (Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax)

caranda; caranda palm; caranday; Copernicia alba; Copernicia australis; wax palm (South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax)

Holonyms ("Copernicia" 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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