geonoma
/dʒiːˈɒnəmə/noun
A tree of the genus Geonoma, which comprises small palms native to forested areas of South and Central America. Also (in form Geonoma): the genus itself.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Hannibal Evans Lloyd (1771–1847), philologist and translator. From scientific Latin geonoma from Hellenistic Greek γεωνόμος colonist, so called on account of its rapid propagation.