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单词 kentia
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kentia

/ (ˈkɛntɪə) /

noun

a plant name formerly used to include palms now allotted to several different genera and still used commercially to denote the feather palm genus Howea, native to Lord Howe Island, popular as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative arching foliage: family Palmaceae

Word Origin for kentia

named after William Kent (died 1828), British botanist

Words nearby kentia

Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, kenspeckle, Kent, kente, kentia, kentia palm, Kentish, Kentish fire, Kentish glory, Kentishman
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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