NIPA FRUTICANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nipa fruticans mean? 

• NIPA FRUTICANS (noun)
  The noun NIPA FRUTICANS has 1 sense:

1. any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds

  Familiarity information: NIPA FRUTICANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIPA FRUTICANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nipa fruticans; nipa palm

Hypernyms ("Nipa fruticans" is a kind of...):

palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)

Meronyms (substance of "Nipa fruticans"):

nipa (made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm)

Holonyms ("Nipa fruticans" is a member of...):

genus Nipa; genus Nypa; Nipa; Nypa (monotypic genus of palms of Australasia)