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feather palm

American

noun

any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.

feather palm British

noun

any of various palm trees, such as the wax palm and date palm, that have pinnate or feather-like leaves Compare fan palm

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The wife of the chief immediately tore off a branch of the feather palm growing beside her, and, certainly within a minute, made a basket, into which she placed a small gourd.

From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by Ray, G. Whitfield

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