Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fan-palms of the tribe Corypheæ, distinguished by the terminal styles and stigmas, the petals and sepals being valvate in the bud, and by the distinct or slightly coherent globose carpels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A genus of fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia
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Day 87: We got up this morning & we all set off for Zebedee Springs, these are permanent hot natural springs surrounded by livistona palms, the water temp ranges from 28 to 32 degrees
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