Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of various palms whose leaves are suitable for thatching, particularly in the West Indies the royal palmetto. Sabal umbraculifera, and in Lord Howe's Island (Australia) Howea Forsteriana. See
thatch and thatch-tree.
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Huts are now built, roofed with long grass, or the branches of the thatch-palm.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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