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GENUS CEROXYLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ceroxylon mean? 

GENUS CEROXYLON (noun)
  The noun GENUS CEROXYLON has 1 sense:

1. wax palmsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CEROXYLON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wax palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceroxylon; genus Ceroxylon

Hypernyms ("genus Ceroxylon" 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 Ceroxylon"):

Ceroxylon alpinum; Ceroxylon andicola; wax palm (palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles)

Holonyms ("genus Ceroxylon" 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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