genus Ceroxylon

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Noun1.genus Ceroxylon - wax palmsgenus Ceroxylon - wax palms        
Ceroxylon
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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
Ceroxylon alpinum, Ceroxylon andicola, wax palm - palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
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Novelties in the genus Ceroxylon (Arecaceae) from Peru, with description of a new species.
Palm management in South America
The genus Ceroxylon, an Andean endemic taxon, comprises 6 species in Peru (Galeano et al.
Neotipificacion de Ceroxylon weberbaueri Burret
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