Etymology

livistona

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Today it means: Any arum-family palm of the genus Livistona, native to parts of Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa. Full definition →

translingual Livistona
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromLivistona
  2. English todaylivistona

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.