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lady palm

DEFINITIONS OF: lady palm

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n any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants

Types:
Rhapis excelsa, bamboo palm, fern rhapis, miniature fan palm
small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
Rhapis humilis, reed rhapis, slender lady palm
Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa
Type of:
palm, palm tree
any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
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