fan palm


noun
  1. a palm having fan-shaped leaves, as the talipot.

Origin of fan palm

1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Words Nearby fan palm

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How to use fan palm in a sentence

  • At the first fan-palm Blake stopped to gather a number of leaves, for their palm-leaf hats were now cracked and broken.

    Into the Primitive | Robert Ames Bennet

British Dictionary definitions for fan palm

fan palm

noun
  1. any of various palm trees, such as the talipot and palmetto, that have fan-shaped leaves: Compare feather palm

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