GENUS ELAEIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elaeis mean? • GENUS ELAEIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ELAEIS has 1 sense:
1. oil palms
Familiarity information: GENUS ELAEIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ELAEIS (noun)
Meaning:
Oil palms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elaeis; genus Elaeis
Hypernyms ("genus Elaeis" 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 Elaeis"):
oil palm (pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils)
Holonyms ("genus Elaeis" 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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