fan palm
Origin of fan palm
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Here and there rose a fan-palm and a banyan, and the wood-oil tree was at home on rocky ground.
Three Years in Western ChinaAlexander Hosie
Fan-palm, a name sometimes given to the talipot palm or Corўpha umbraculifĕra, a native of Ceylon and Malabar.
The New Gresham EncyclopediaVarious
Hot-houses for delicate plants are hardly needed in winter, and the fan-palm flourishes as it does at Singapore.
Due WestMaturin Murray Ballou
Above rustled the mimosa, the fan-palm, and the feathery pippala, Buddha's tree.
The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive ChristianityArthur Lillie
The beach was lined with the areca, or fan-palm tree, from which the well-known liquor called toddy is procured.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of AustraliaPhillip Parker King
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