Definition of Fan palm

1. Noun. Palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves.


Definition of Fan palm

1. Noun. (botany) Any palm tree with fan-shaped or radiate leaves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Fan palm

1. Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fan Palm

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Literary usage of Fan palm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"fan palm. The name given to various species of Palm-trees, having leaves of a fan shaped form ; but especially applied to ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... Fr.; Zwergpalme, Ger. ; the dwarf fan palm, or Palmetto; N. Du Ham., iii. t. 58., and our fig. 2404<. ; is a native of the south of Europe, and, ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"—Hartley Coleridge IN THE HOME OF THE fan palm BY CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS. 'T'HR canyons of the eastern side of the San Jacinto •*• Mountain, ..."

4. Works of Art and Artists in England by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1838)
"... School—The Madonna, with the fan palm, by Raphael—Lombard School—Venetian School; the Three Ages of Life ; Venus SL la Coquille; Diana and Ac- ..."

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