fan palm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fan palm
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Cholla gardens and brittlebush rise from pale alluvial slopes, and a seasonal stream leads to one of California’s few native fan palm oases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Down the status and stature yardstick are the shorter, stockier Mediterranean fan palm as well as the jelly palm, whose fruit lives up to the name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
That, he told me, is the Mexican fan palm, Washingtonia robusta, which only survives down to about 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2023
People post pictures of the fan palm on Instagram, much like the Southern Pacific hired photographers so out-of-towners could pose before it 120 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022
Most days, Celia lay under a fan palm beside the bofuo, its thatched roof steaming after the morning rains.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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