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BORASSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Borassus mean?
• BORASSUS (noun)
The noun BORASSUS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BORASSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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