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Caryota

noun

fishtail palms

• Syn: ↑genus Caryota

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑fishtail palm

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\\ˌkarēˈōd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin caryota nut-shaped date, modification of Greek karyōtis date, from karyon nut — more at careen

: a small genus of East Indian palms having bipinnate leaves with wedge-shaped divisions and including several species that are cultivated — see fishtail palm, jaggery palm; compare kittul

Useful english dictionary. 2012.