EUTERPE OLERACEA

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Meaning:

Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young

Synonyms:

cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Euterpe oleracea" is a kind of...):

palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)

Holonyms ("Euterpe oleracea" is a member of...):

Euterpe; genus Euterpe (a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America)

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