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Attalea

noun

unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America

• Syn: ↑genus Attalea

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑piassava palm, ↑pissaba palm, ↑Bahia piassava, ↑bahia coquilla, ↑Attalea funifera

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\\əˈtālēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after Attalus I died 197 B.C. king of Pergamum

: a genus of tropical American pinnate-leaved palms with ringed stems and immense leaves — see coquilla nut, piassava

Useful english dictionary. 2012.