GENUS SABAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sabal mean? 

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

1. American dwarf fan palms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SABAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American dwarf fan palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sabal; Sabal

Hypernyms ("genus Sabal" 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 Sabal"):

cabbage palm; cabbage palmetto; Sabal palmetto (low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds)

Holonyms ("genus Sabal" 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)