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ACROCOMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acrocomia mean?
• ACROCOMIA (noun)
The noun ACROCOMIA has 1 sense:
1. Central and South American feather palms
Familiarity information: ACROCOMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Central and South American feather palms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acrocomia; genus Acrocomia
Hypernyms ("Acrocomia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Acrocomia"):
Acrocomia vinifera; coyol; coyol palm (tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber)
Holonyms ("Acrocomia" 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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