GENUS LIVISTONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Livistona mean? 

• GENUS LIVISTONA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LIVISTONA has 1 sense:

1. fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

  Familiarity information: GENUS LIVISTONA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LIVISTONA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Livistona; Livistona

Hypernyms ("genus Livistona" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Livistona"):

cabbage palm; cabbage tree; Livistona australis (Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young)

Holonyms ("genus Livistona" 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)