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LIVISTONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Livistona mean? 

LIVISTONA (noun)
  The noun LIVISTONA has 1 sense:

1. fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysiaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LIVISTONA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Livistona; Livistona

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Livistona"):

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

Holonyms ("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)


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