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Copernicia

noun

slow-growing tropical fan palms

• Syn: ↑genus Copernicia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑carnauba, ↑carnauba palm, ↑wax palm, ↑Copernicia prunifera, ↑Copernicia cerifera, ↑caranday, ↑caranda, ↑caranda palm, ↑Copernicia australis, ↑Copernicia alba

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\\ˌkōpə(r)ˈnish(ē)ə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Nicolaus Copernicus + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a small genus of lofty tropical American fan palms having cup-shaped flowers followed by a one-seeded drupe — see carnauba

2. -s : a palm of the genus Copernicia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.