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Livistona

noun

fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

• Syn: ↑genus Livistona

• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑cabbage palm, ↑cabbage tree, ↑Livistona australis

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\\ˌlivə̇ˈstōnə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Liviston, estate near Edinburgh, Scotland

: a genus of Asiatic, Malaysian, and Australian fan palms — see chinese fan palm

Useful english dictionary. 2012.