phytelephas macrocarpa

Questions about phytelephas macrocarpa

What does phytelephas macrocarpa mean?

phytelephas macrocarpa means "a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts".

What is another word for phytelephas macrocarpa?

Close synonyms include ivory palm, ivory-nut palm, ivory plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phytelephas macrocarpa a common word?

phytelephas macrocarpa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.