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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
Sense 1
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 ("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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