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bamboo palm

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bamboo palm

1
 n
small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
2
 n
a palm of the genus Raffia
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bamboo palm
1

n small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers

Synonyms:
Rhapis excelsa, fern rhapis, miniature fan palm
Type of:
lady palm
any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
2

n a palm of the genus Raffia

Synonyms:
Raffia vinifera
Type of:
Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia, raffia palm
a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
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