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Roystonea

noun

a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms

• Syn: ↑genus Roystonea

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

↑Palmae, ↑family Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑family Arecaceae, ↑palm family

• Member Meronyms: ↑royal palm, ↑Roystonea regia, ↑cabbage palm, ↑Roystonea oleracea

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\\rȯiˈstōnēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from General Roy Stone died 1905 American engineer

1. capitalized : a genus of chiefly West Indian pinnate-leaved palms with smooth often spindle-shaped stems and large graceful leaves — see cabbage palm, royal palm

2. -s : any palm of the genus Roystonea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.