fan palm

noun

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

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Origin of fan palm

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

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Examples from the Web for fan palm

Hot-houses for delicate plants are hardly needed in winter, and the fan-palm flourishes as it does at Singapore.
Due West|Maturin Murray Ballou
Above rustled the mimosa, the fan-palm, and the feathery pippala, Buddha's tree.
The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity|Arthur Lillie
At the first fan-palm Blake stopped to gather a number of leaves, for their palm-leaf hats were now cracked and broken.
Into the Primitive|Robert Ames Bennet
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 Australia|Phillip Parker King

The fan-palm (Licuala) which grows in such numbers in the lower levels did not come under my notice above this elevation.
The Solomon Islands and Their Natives|H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy

British Dictionary definitions for fan palm

fan palm

noun

any of various palm trees, such as the talipot and palmetto, that have fan-shaped leavesCompare feather palm

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fan palm

noun

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fan palm

noun