Definition of Genus Caryota

1. Noun. Fishtail palms.

Exact synonyms: Caryota
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Arecaceae, Family Arecaceae, Family Palmaceae, Family Palmae, Palm Family, Palmaceae, Palmae
Member holonyms: Fishtail Palm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Caryota

genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota (current term)
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor
genus Castoroides
genus Casuarina
genus Casuarius
genus Catacala
genus Catalpa

Literary usage of Genus Caryota

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal (1871)
"... that a Caryota can yield a farinaceous product, for another representative of this genus (Caryota urens) in India is known as a Sago yielding Palm. ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The East Indian genus caryota, which includes lofty trees of great beauty, furnishes various useful products ; palm wine and sugar are obtained from the ..."

3. Gleanings from French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of by William Robinson (1869)
"Areca sapida, most of the species of the genus Caryota, Chamaedorea amazonica and elatior, Chamaerops palmetto, Elais Guineensis, ..."

4. The Technologist (1863)
"... giving it the appearance of the plume of a feather : occasionally in the genus Caryota, these segments are again divided ..."

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