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FERN PALM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
Synonyms:
Cycas circinalis; false sago; fern palm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fern palm" is a kind of...):
Cycas revoluta; sago palm (dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago)
Holonyms ("fern palm" is a member of...):
Cycas; genus Cycas (type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves)