Caryota definitions

Caryota

1) Genus caryota 2) Liliopsid genus 3) Monocot genus
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Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia (China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific. One of the more widely known species is Caryota urens, the flowers of which are used to make one type of jaggery (an unr...
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Caryota

(from the article `palm`) ...South America are sought by fish and by the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus). Wild dogs (family Canidae) and palm civets (Paradoxurus) ... ...or blade of the palm leaf is always plicate and may be either pinnate (featherlike) or palmate (fanlike). The first category embraces those that ... [2 relat...
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Caryota

(Fish-Tail Palm) A tropical plant native to Asia and Australia and belonging to the Palm family, Palmaceae. They have bulky cylindrical trunks and large tufts of finely divided leaves. These plants can grow 40-80 feet tall in their native environments. Young plants are used indoors in a greenhouse or as houseplants. In southern Florida and similar ...
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Caryota

Caryota is a genus of spineless palms with doubly pinnate leaves. The genus is sometimes known as the fish-tail palms from the shape of the leaflets. When fully grown the plants bear large green or purple flowers, the spadices hanging down in graceful bundles.
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