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Acrocomia

noun

Central and South American feather palms

• Syn: ↑genus Acrocomia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑coyol, ↑coyol palm, ↑Acrocomia vinifera

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\\ˌakrəˈkōmēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from acr- + Greek komē hair, foliage + New Latin -ia

: a small genus of tall pinnate-leaved Central American and So. American palms with spiny trunk, long pendant clusters of flowers, and nutlike fruits

Useful english dictionary. 2012.