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单词 palmetto thatch
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palmetto thatch
palmetto thatch n. (a) any of several kinds of palm, esp. the silver-thatch palm, Thrinax argentea (obsolete); (b) the dried leaves of such a palm, used for roofing.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 191 Palmeto-Royal, or Palmeto-Thatch... This tree..covers whole fields in many parts of the island.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1147/1 T[hrinax]argentea, the Silver Thatch-palm, is usually said to yield the young unexpanded palm-leaves imported from the West Indies under the name of Palmetto Thatch, and extensively employed for making palm-chip hats, baskets, and other fancy articles.
1974 J. H. Prothero in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) 424/2 Palmetto thatch served as an effective roofing.
2002 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 27 Oct. 1 d He roofed it [sc. the shelter] with tin after the palmetto thatch used by the Seminoles kept raining palmetto bugs into people's food.
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