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LIVISTONA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

Synonyms:

genus Livistona; Livistona

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Livistona"):

cabbage palm; cabbage tree; Livistona australis (Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young)

Holonyms ("Livistona" 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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