genus orbignya
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Palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm (synset 112613112)
is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedmember holonym:
- babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, orbignya martiana, orbignya phalerata, orbignya spesiosa - tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
- cohune, cohune palm, orbignya cohune - tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
belongs to: arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmalessame as: orbignya
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