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Fan palm
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What's The Definition Of Fan palm?
[n] palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fan palm: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fan palm: See Also | Borassus flabellifer | broom palm | caranda | caranda palm | caranday | carnauba | carnauba palm | Copernicia alba | Copernicia australis | Copernicia cerifera | Copernicia prunifera | Corypha gebanga | Corypha umbraculifera | Corypha utan | gebang palm | key palm | latanier | latanier palm | longar palm | lontar | palm | palm tree | palmetto | palmyra | palmyra palm | saw palmetto | scrub palmetto | Serenoa repens | silver thatch | silvertop palmetto | talipot | talipot palm | thatch palm | thatch tree | Thrinax keyensis | Thrinax microcarpa | Thrinax morrisii | Thrinax parviflora | toddy palm | wax palm | wine palm Fan palm In Webster's Dictionary \Fan" palm`\ (Bot.)
Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the
{Cham[ae]rops 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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