Usage: usually capitalized C
: a fan palm (Livistona chinensis) of China growing up to six feet in height and sold as a pot or tub plant in cultivation under the name of Latania borbonica
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a fan palm, Livistona chinensis, of southern Japan, having very large, deeply cleft leaves and bluish-green, ovalish fruit. Also called fanpalm.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.