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fan palm

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound).

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Meaning 2

Any of many plants that have similar palmate leaves. (See Derived terms below.)

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Meaning 3

Any of many plants that have similar palmate leaves. (See Derived terms below.)

A traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)

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noun

Meaning 4

palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: palm, palm tree

Narrower terms: palmetto, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer, carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera, caranday, caranda, caranda palm, Copernicia australis, Copernicia alba, gebang palm, Corypha utan, Corypha gebanga, latanier, latanier palm, talipot, talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, saw palmetto, scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens, thatch palm, thatch tree, silver thatch, broom palm, Thrinax parviflora, key palm, silvertop palmetto, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii, Thrinax keyensis

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