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fishtail palm

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fishtail palm
n.
Any of several tropical Asiatic palms of the genus Caryota, particularly C. mitis, having bipinnate leaves with toothed, oblique leaflet apices.
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Noun1.fishtail palm - attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
Caryota, genus Caryota - fishtail palms
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Off the "meditation room," a brick path is framed in a weaving of huge birds nest anthuriums, areca, lady and fancy-leafed fishtail palms, all accented with large, white paper lanterns.
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