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Serenoa

noun

one species: saw palmetto

• Syn: ↑genus Serenoa

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑saw palmetto, ↑scrub palmetto, ↑Serenoa repens

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\\sə̇ˈrēnəwə, ˌserəˈnōə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after Sereno Watson died 1892 American botanist

: a small genus of nearly stemless fan palms of the southern United States having spiny-toothed petioles, nearly round leaves, and ovoid or globose drupes — see saw palmetto

Useful english dictionary. 2012.