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palm leaf

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noun

  1. the leaf or frond of a palm tree, especially that of a fan palm, used in making fans, hats, thatch, mats, etc.


Etymology

Origin of palm leaf

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

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Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Thom favors plates made with bagasse, a byproduct of sugar cane, and palm leaf plates from Dtocs.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

In Xishuangbanna, in southwestern China, Wanda built a vast “science and technology theater” with a roof shaped like an enormous golden palm leaf.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2017

It has a handsome portico with the columns' capitals decorated with an acanthus and palm leaf motif taken from the Temple of the Winds in Athens.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2013

Sass paused only to buy two palm leaf fans, giving me one.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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