单词 | fan-palm |
释义 | > as lemmasfan-palm fan-palm n. a name applied to palms having fan-shaped leaves. ΚΠ 1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal I. 284/2 Chamærops Humilis. Dwarf Fan Palm. 1839 M. Howitt Humming-bird 12 They flit about..through the fan palm tree. 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 345 Corypha umbraculifera..Fan Palm..It resembles the common Fan Palm, or Palmyra, of the East Indies. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 177 It is sometimes called the fan-palm, because travellers use the leaves as fans. < as lemmas |
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