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‖ hyphæne, -ene Bot.|haɪˈfiːniː| [mod.L. (1801) arbitrarily f. Gr. ὑϕαίν-ειν to weave.] A genus of palms with branching stems, found in Arabia, Africa, and Madagascar. One species, H. Thebaica, is the doum-palm. Also attrib.
1878H. M. Stanley Dark Cont. II. viii. 239 Hyphene palms. 1881Gd. Words Jan. 37 Among other vegetable curiosities were the hyphæne—the only branching member of the palm family. |