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THATCH TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thatch tree mean? 

THATCH TREE (noun)
  The noun THATCH TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: THATCH TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THATCH TREE (noun)


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 ("thatch tree" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("thatch tree" is a member of...):

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


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