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BROOM PALM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does broom palm mean?

• BROOM PALM (noun)
The noun BROOM PALM has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: BROOM PALM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BROOM PALM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

broom palm; thatch palm; thatch tree; Thrinax parviflora; silver thatch

Hypernyms ("broom palm" is a kind of...):

fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)

Holonyms ("broom palm" is a member of...):

genus Thrinax; Thrinax (small to medium-sized fan palms)

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