Panama-hat plant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Panama-hat plant
First recorded in 1970–75; so called because the young leaves are used to make Panama hats
Example Sentences
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There were great screw-pines, lignum-vitae, mahogany, mimosa, magnolia trees; and the tree-fern, the giant creeper, the panama-hat plant, the Peruvian cactus, the papyrus, the pineapple, and a great collection of orchids.
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