Definition of Ceroxylon

1. Noun. Wax palms.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceroxylon

Cercopithecus talapoin
Cercospora
Cercospora kopkei
Cercosporella
Cerean
Cereans
Cerenkov
Cerenkov effect
Cerenkov radiation
Cererian
Ceres
Cereus
Cerinthian
Cerinthians
Cerithidea
Ceroxylon (current term)
Ceroxylon alpinum
Ceroxylon andicola
Cerrobend
Certhia
Certhia americana
Certhia familiaris
Certhiidae
Certificate of Need
Certificates of Need
Cervantes
Cervantes Saavedra
Cervidae
Cervus
Cervus canadensis

Literary usage of Ceroxylon

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

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"and Ceroxylon ... all occurring on the Bolivian Andes at an elevation of about 8000 feet. Ceroxylon ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"Ceroxylon australe is a species indigenous to the high mountains of Juan Fernandez, at 30 degrees south latitude. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The following have been are not thoroughly tested: Ceroxylon ... terminal Ivs. allied to Ceroxylon: ..."

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