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GENUS RHAPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhapis mean? 

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

1. genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japanplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS RHAPIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhapis; Rhapis

Hypernyms ("genus Rhapis" 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 Rhapis"):

lady palm (any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants)

Holonyms ("genus Rhapis" 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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