Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of several species of palms the leaves of which are used for making hats, especially Inodes causiarum, I. glauca, Thringis laxa, and T. latifrons of Porto Rico, and Thrinax arqentea of Panama.
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Examples
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The hat-palm, a brab or wild date, the spine-palm (Phœnix spinosa), and the Okumeh or cotton-tree disputed the ground with the foul Rhizophora.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The hat-palm, a brab or wild date, the spine-palm (Phnix spinosa), and the Okumeh or cotton-tree disputed the ground with the foul Rhizophora.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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