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SILVER THATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silver thatch mean?
• SILVER THATCH (noun)
The noun SILVER THATCH has 2 senses:
1. small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
2. small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
Familiarity information: SILVER THATCH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("silver thatch" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Holonyms ("silver thatch" is a member of...):
genus Thrinax; Thrinax (small to medium-sized fan palms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
broom palm; silver thatch; thatch palm; thatch tree; Thrinax parviflora
Hypernyms ("silver thatch" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Holonyms ("silver thatch" is a member of...):
genus Thrinax; Thrinax (small to medium-sized fan palms)
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