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Fan palm   Listen
noun
Fan palm  n.  (Bot.) Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.





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Words linked to "Fan palm" :   lontar, Serenoa repens, key palm, palmyra palm, wine palm, longar palm, silver thatch, thatch palm, Thrinax microcarpa, carnauba, silvertop palmetto, palm tree, palmyra, Borassus flabellifer, Corypha gebanga, Copernicia australis, talipot, wax palm, Thrinax keyensis, scrub palmetto, carnauba palm, Corypha utan, toddy palm, caranday, Thrinax morrisii, miniature fan palm, thatch tree, gebang palm, caranda palm, saw palmetto


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