royal palm

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.

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

roy′al palm′

n.

any of several tall, showy feather palms of the genus Roystonea, as R. regia.

[1860–65, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

royal palm - tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba Roystonea regia 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