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RHAPIS EXCELSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhapis excelsa mean? 

RHAPIS EXCELSA (noun)
  The noun RHAPIS EXCELSA has 1 sense:

1. small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibersplay

  Familiarity information: RHAPIS EXCELSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RHAPIS EXCELSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bamboo palm; fern rhapis; miniature fan palm; Rhapis excelsa

Hypernyms ("Rhapis excelsa" is a kind of...):

lady palm (any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants)


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