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GENUS PHOENIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phoenix mean?
• GENUS PHOENIX (noun)
The noun GENUS PHOENIX has 1 sense:
1. a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
Familiarity information: GENUS PHOENIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Phoenix; phoenix
Hypernyms ("genus Phoenix" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("genus Phoenix" 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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