Panama-hat plant

[ pan-uh-mah-hat, -maw ]

noun

1. jipijapa ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Panama-hat plant¹

First recorded in 1970–75; so called because the young leaves are used to make Panama hats

Example Sentences

There were great screw-pines, lignum-vitae, mahogany, mimosa, magnolia trees; and the tree-fern, the giant creeper, the panama-hat plant, the Peruvian cactus, the papyrus, the pineapple, and a great collection of orchids.

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