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BORASSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Borassus mean? 

BORASSUS (noun)
  The noun BORASSUS has 1 sense:

1. palmyraplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BORASSUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Palmyra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Borassus; genus Borassus

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Borassus"):

Borassus flabellifer; longar palm; lontar; palmyra; palmyra palm; toddy palm; wine palm (tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving)

Holonyms ("Borassus" 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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