SERENOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serenoa mean? 

• SERENOA (noun)
  The noun SERENOA has 1 sense:

1. one species: saw palmetto

  Familiarity information: SERENOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERENOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: saw palmetto

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Serenoa; Serenoa

Hypernyms ("Serenoa" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Serenoa"):

saw palmetto; scrub palmetto; Serenoa repens (small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States)

Holonyms ("Serenoa" 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)