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fan palm
fan palmn. A palm tree having palmately divided, fanlike leaves.fan palm n (Plants) any of various palm trees, such as the talipot and palmetto, that have fan-shaped leaves. Compare feather palm ThesaurusNoun | 1. | fan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leavespalm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leavespalmetto - any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leavesBorassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm - tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weavingcarnauba palm, Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, wax palm, carnauba - Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish waxcaranda, caranda palm, caranday, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, wax palm - South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba waxCorypha gebanga, Corypha utan, gebang palm - large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containerslatanier, latanier palm - fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean regionCorypha umbraculifera, talipot, talipot palm - tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing papersaw palmetto, scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens - small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United Statesbroom palm, thatch palm, thatch tree, Thrinax parviflora, silver thatch - small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmettokey palm, silver thatch, silvertop palmetto, Thrinax keyensis, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii - small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba |
fan palm
fan palmemblem of eternal life among early Christians. [Plant Symbolism: Embolden, 25–26]See: Immortalityfan palm
Words related to fan palmnoun palm having palmate or fan-shaped leavesRelated Words- palm tree
- palm
- palmetto
- Borassus flabellifer
- longar palm
- lontar
- palmyra
- palmyra palm
- toddy palm
- wine palm
- carnauba palm
- Copernicia cerifera
- Copernicia prunifera
- wax palm
- carnauba
- caranda
- caranda palm
- caranday
- Copernicia alba
- Copernicia australis
- Corypha gebanga
- Corypha utan
- gebang palm
- latanier
- latanier palm
- Corypha umbraculifera
- talipot
- talipot palm
- saw palmetto
- scrub palmetto
- Serenoa repens
- broom palm
- thatch palm
- thatch tree
- Thrinax parviflora
- silver thatch
- key palm
- silvertop palmetto
- Thrinax keyensis
- Thrinax microcarpa
- Thrinax morrisii
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