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Livistona

li·vis·tona

uncommon

noun

1.

fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

Origin

Borrowed from translingual Livistona, from Scots Leivinstoun (“Livingston”) + translingual -a f, named in honor of Patrick Murray, Baron of Livingston, an avid botanist.

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