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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small genus of South American feather palms;
[syn: phytelephas, genus Phytelephas]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Phytelephas \Phy*tel"e*phas\ (f[imac]*t[e^]l"[-e]*f[a^]s), n.
   [NL., fr. Gr. fyto`n a plant + ele`fos the elephant; also,
   ivory.] (Bot.)
   A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which
   furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

phytelephas
    n 1: small genus of South American feather palms [syn:
         phytelephas, genus Phytelephas]