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KEY PALM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does key palm mean?

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

1. small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

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

Dictionary entry details

• KEY PALM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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

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

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

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