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fan palm
(redirected from dwarf fan palm)

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fan palm
n.
A palm tree having palmately divided, fanlike leaves.
fan palm
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various palm trees, such as the talipot and palmetto, that have fan-shaped leaves Compare feather palm
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Noun1.fan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leavesfan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
palmetto - any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves
Borassus 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 weaving
carnauba 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 wax
caranda, caranda palm, caranday, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, wax palm - South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
Corypha gebanga, Corypha utan, gebang palm - large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers
latanier, latanier palm - fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
Corypha 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 paper
saw palmetto, scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens - small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
broom palm, thatch palm, thatch tree, Thrinax parviflora, silver thatch - small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
key palm, silver thatch, silvertop palmetto, Thrinax keyensis, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii - small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
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fortunei'), with smaller, stiffer leaves, able to withstand a windy sight; or Chamaerops humilis, a slow-growing dwarf fan palm which comes from southern Europe but is happy in colder areas.
Bring the tropics to your patio; Gardens by Birmingham Mail (England)
fortunei'), with smaller, stiffer leaves, able to withstand a windy site; or Chamaerops humilis, a slow-growing dwarf fan palm.
Add a touch of the exotic; Be bold in the garden this summer and opt ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Good EXOTIC - The cordyline adds backdrops include: Trachycarpus wagnerianus, a neater version of the Chusan palm (T fortunei), with smaller, stiffer leaves, able to withstand a windy site; or Chamaerops humilis, a slow-growing dwarf fan palm which comes from southern Europe but is happy in colder areas.
GO EXOTIC WITH HOT POTS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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