Howea

noun

How·​ea

ˈhau̇ēə

: a genus of feather palms having papery spathes and flowers each with 30 to 40 stamens and sunken in pits on the spadix that are succeeded by fruits resembling pecans

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lord Howe island, in the southwestern Pacific

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