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GENUS EUTERPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Euterpe mean?
• GENUS EUTERPE (noun)
The noun GENUS EUTERPE has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
Familiarity information: GENUS EUTERPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Euterpe; genus Euterpe
Hypernyms ("genus Euterpe" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Euterpe"):
cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea (Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young)
Holonyms ("genus Euterpe" 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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