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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 Japan
Familiarity information: GENUS RHAPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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