roystonea
Noun
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A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms (synset 112617286)
is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedmember holonym:
- royal palm, roystonea regia - tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
- cabbage palm, roystonea oleracea - West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
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: genus roystonea
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