royal palm
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royal palm
n.
Any of several tall feather-leaved palm trees of the genus Roystonea chiefly of the Caribbean region, having a smooth trunk and widely planted as an ornamental.
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royal palm
n
(Plants) any of several palm trees of the genus Roystonea, esp R. regia, of tropical America, having a tall trunk with a tuft of feathery pinnate leaves
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roy′al palm′
n.
any of several tall, showy feather palms of the genus Roystonea, as R. regia.
[1860–65, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves genus Roystonea, Roystonea - a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms |
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