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GENUS ARENGA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
Synonyms:
Arenga; genus Arenga
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Arenga" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Arenga"):
Arenga pinnata; gomuti; gomuti palm; sugar palm (Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago)
Holonyms ("genus Arenga" 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)
