GENUS ARECA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Areca mean? 

• GENUS ARECA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARECA has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees

  Familiarity information: GENUS ARECA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of palm trees

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Areca" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Areca"):

areca (any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts)

Holonyms ("genus Areca" 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)