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ROYSTONEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Roystonea mean?
• ROYSTONEA (noun)
The noun ROYSTONEA has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
Familiarity information: ROYSTONEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Roystonea; Roystonea
Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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)
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