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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
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 ("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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