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Metroxylon

noun

a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die

• Syn: ↑genus Metroxylon

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

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\\mə̇.ˈträksəˌlän\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from metr- + -xylon

: a genus of Indo-Malayan pinnate-leaved palms that flower and fruit once and then die — see sago palm 1a

Useful english dictionary. 2012.