Fan palm

 

 

 

Fan palm

 

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Fan palm

 

Meaning of term fan palm

Fan palm () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves, as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe, the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc., and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

 

Source: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/v003/wb1913_f.html

Author : OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

 

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