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EUTERPE OLERACEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euterpe oleracea mean?
• EUTERPE OLERACEA (noun)
The noun EUTERPE OLERACEA has 1 sense:
1. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
Familiarity information: EUTERPE OLERACEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea
Hypernyms ("Euterpe oleracea" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Holonyms ("Euterpe oleracea" is a member of...):
Euterpe; genus Euterpe (a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America)
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)
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