fan palm

noun

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

2. Chinese fan palm.

fan palm

noun

1. any of various palm trees, such as the talipot and palmetto, that have fan-shaped leaves Compare feather palm

Word History and Origins

Origin of fan palm¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

But that didn’t stop new Mexican fan palms from being planted on Wilshire Boulevard near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Our native palm is the California fan palm, reaching five, six, even eight stories tall.

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“Mexican fan palms should be removed and prohibited from being planted in California. And Italian cypress interior canopies must be kept clean or be removed from any neighborhood,” San Diego landscape architect Kay Stewart wrote.

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They made their way down from the San Bernardino Mountains to sunny Palm Desert, where they found temporary homes in enclosures shaded by desert willows and fan palms.

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Officials aim to replace the ficus trees — the oldest about 60 years old — with alternating crape myrtles and Mexican fan palms.

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