GENUS ROYSTONEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Roystonea mean? 

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

1. a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ROYSTONEA (noun)

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Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Roystonea; Roystonea

Hypernyms ("genus Roystonea" 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 Roystonea"):

royal palm; Roystonea regia (tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba)

cabbage palm; Roystonea oleracea (West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young)

Holonyms ("genus Roystonea" 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)