noun
1. small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
• Syn: ↑thatch palm, ↑thatch tree, ↑broom palm, ↑Thrinax parviflora
• Hypernyms: ↑fan palm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thrinax, ↑genus Thrinax
2. small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
• Syn: ↑key palm, ↑silvertop palmetto, ↑Thrinax microcarpa, ↑Thrinax morrisii, ↑Thrinax keyensis
• Hypernyms: ↑fan palm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thrinax, ↑genus Thrinax
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noun : any of several thatch palms with silvery leaves: as
a. : silver palm
b. : silvertop 2a
c. : a palm (Thrinax parviflora syn. T. keyensis) of southern Florida and the West Indies that is closely related to and much resembles the common silvertop but has leaves somewhat bluish green at maturity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.