fan palm

/fæn pɑ(l)m/

Other forms: fan palms

Definitions of fan palm

1. noun

   palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
   types:

   palmetto

   any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

   Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm

   tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

   Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm

   Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax

   Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, caranda, caranda palm, caranday, wax palm

   South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

   Corypha gebanga, Corypha utan, gebang palm

   large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers

   latanier, latanier palm

   fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region

   Corypha umbraculifera, talipot, talipot palm

   tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper

   Serenoa repens, saw palmetto, scrub palmetto

   small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States

   Thrinax parviflora, broom palm, silver thatch, thatch palm, thatch tree

   small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto

   Thrinax keyensis, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii, key palm, silver thatch, silvertop palmetto

   small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

   Sabal palmetto, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto

   low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds

   type of:

   palm, palm tree

   any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves