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GENUS THRINAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small to medium-sized fan palms
Synonyms:
genus Thrinax; Thrinax
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Thrinax" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Thrinax"):
broom palm; silver thatch; thatch palm; thatch tree; Thrinax parviflora (small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto)
key palm; silver thatch; silvertop palmetto; Thrinax keyensis; Thrinax microcarpa; Thrinax morrisii (small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba)
Holonyms ("genus Thrinax" 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)
