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ELAEIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Oil palms

Synonyms:

Elaeis; genus Elaeis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Elaeis"):

oil palm (pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils)

Holonyms ("Elaeis" 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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