Corypha

noun

large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia

• Syn: ↑genus Corypha

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑gebang palm, ↑Corypha utan, ↑Corypha gebanga, ↑talipot, ↑talipot palm, ↑Corypha umbraculifera

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\\ˈkȯrəfə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek koryphē top, summit

: a small genus of very large East Indian and Australian fan palms that have a spineless trunk and that die after once fruiting — see book palm, gebang palm, talipot

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Corypha /korˈi-fə/

noun

The talipot genus of gigantic tropical Asian palms

ORIGIN: Gr koryphē top