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    EUTERPE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    Muse (in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science)

    Domain category:

    Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Euterpe; genus Euterpe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Euterpe" is a kind of...):

    liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

    Meronyms (members of "Euterpe"):

    cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea (Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young)

    Holonyms ("Euterpe" is a member of...):

    Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales)

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