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GENUS RAVENALA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ravenala mean?
• GENUS RAVENALA (noun)
The noun GENUS RAVENALA has 1 sense:
1. woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS RAVENALA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Ravenala" 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 Ravenala"):
ravenala; Ravenala madagascariensis; traveler's tree; traveller's tree (giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers)
Holonyms ("genus Ravenala" is a member of...):
family Strelitziaceae; strelitzia family; Strelitziaceae (woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae)
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