Chinese fan palm

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noun

a fan palm, Livistona chinensis, of southern Japan, having very large, deeply cleft leaves and bluish-green, ovalish fruit.

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Also called fanpalm.

Words nearby Chinese fan palm

Chinese date, Chinese eddo, Chinese Empire, Chinese evergreen, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese fan palm, Chinese finger trap, Chinese fire drill, Chinese forget-me-not, Chinese gelatin, Chinese gooseberry

How to use Chinese fan palm in a sentence

We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
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Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Replying to a fan, she wrote, “Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.”
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Comments like that are designed to stoke the fires of fan-passion—and it works beautifully.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Undesirable inhabitants of the country are being sent away, especially the Japanese, who are more dangerous than the Chinese.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Rich natives and Chinese lost large sums of money, the total of which cannot be ascertained.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
She bathed Madame Ratignolle's face with cologne, while Robert plied the fan with unnecessary vigor.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin