fan palm

noun

palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves

• Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree

• Hyponyms:

↑palmetto, ↑palmyra, ↑palmyra palm, ↑toddy palm, ↑wine palm, ↑lontar, ↑longar palm, ↑Borassus flabellifer, ↑carnauba, ↑carnauba palm, ↑wax palm, ↑Copernicia prunifera, ↑Copernicia cerifera, ↑caranday, ↑caranda, ↑caranda palm, ↑Copernicia australis, ↑Copernicia alba, ↑gebang palm, ↑Corypha utan, ↑Corypha gebanga, ↑latanier, ↑latanier palm, ↑talipot, ↑talipot palm, ↑Corypha umbraculifera, ↑saw palmetto, ↑scrub palmetto, ↑Serenoa repens, ↑thatch palm, ↑thatch tree, ↑silver thatch, ↑broom palm, ↑Thrinax parviflora, ↑key palm, ↑silvertop palmetto, ↑Thrinax microcarpa, ↑Thrinax morrisii, ↑Thrinax keyensis

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noun

: a palm having simple fan-shaped leaves (as the cabbage palmetto of the southern U.S., the hemp palm of Europe, the talipot of Asia, the Chinese fan palm, and the Washington palm of California) — called also fanleaf palm; see dwarf fan palm

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

2. See Chinese fan palm.

[1810-20, Amer.]

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fan palm noun

Any palm with palmate or hand-shaped leaves, esp palmetto

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Main Entry: ↑fan

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fan palm,

any palm having fan-shaped leaves, such as the talipot and cabbage palmetto.

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n. a palm with large, lobed, fan-shaped leaves. ● Chamaerops and other genera, family Palmae: many species, including the dwarf (or European) fan palm (C. humilis), which is the only palm native to Europe