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Ceroxylon

noun

wax palms

• Syn: ↑genus Ceroxylon

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑wax palm, ↑Ceroxylon andicola, ↑Ceroxylon alpinum

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\\sə̇ˈräksəˌlän, -_lən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cer- + -xylon

: a small genus of tall So. American palms — see wax palm

Useful english dictionary. 2012.