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FERN PALM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fern palm mean?
• FERN PALM (noun)
The noun FERN PALM has 1 sense:
1. southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
Familiarity information: FERN PALM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cycas circinalis; false sago; fern palm
Hypernyms ("fern palm" is a kind of...):
Cycas revoluta; sago palm (dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago)
Holonyms ("fern palm" is a member of...):
Cycas; genus Cycas (type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves)
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