EUTERPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euterpe mean? 

• EUTERPE (noun)
  The noun EUTERPE has 2 senses:

1. a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America

2. (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)

  Familiarity information: EUTERPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUTERPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euterpe; genus Euterpe

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Euterpe"):

cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea (Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young)

Holonyms ("Euterpe" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Muse (in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

A juice product obtained from the fruit of the acai palm tree (Euterpe oleracea) with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and potential chemopreventive activities.

(Acai Berry Juice, NCI Thesaurus)