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RHAPIS EXCELSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhapis excelsa mean?
• RHAPIS EXCELSA (noun)
The noun RHAPIS EXCELSA has 1 sense:
1. small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
Familiarity information: RHAPIS EXCELSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bamboo palm; fern rhapis; miniature fan palm; Rhapis excelsa
Hypernyms ("Rhapis excelsa" is a kind of...):
lady palm (any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants)
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