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Definition of Copernicia
1. Noun. Slow-growing tropical fan palms.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Arecaceae, Family Arecaceae, Family Palmaceae, Family Palmae, Palm Family, Palmaceae, Palmae
Member holonyms: Carnauba, Carnauba Palm, Copernicia Cerifera, Copernicia Prunifera, Wax Palm, Caranda, Caranda Palm, Caranday, Copernicia Alba, Copernicia Australis, Wax Palm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copernicia
Literary usage of Copernicia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"The leaves, on the other hand, are more like copernicia, though the presence of a
... Grisebach and Wend- land described from Cuba, copernicia Wrightii, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"On copernicia, savannas near Camaguey (Britton & Cowell 13120, type) ; on
copernicia, barren savannas southeast of Hol- guin, Oriente (Shafer 2944) ..."
3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1908)
"The genus is made up of the following elements : (a) copernicia Wrightii Griseb.
... copernicia Mart. Nine species are recognized, five of them from South ..."
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