| NOUN | plant | lady palm | any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis |
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| Meaning | Any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants. | |
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| Member of | Rhapis, genus Rhapis | genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan |
| Narrower | miniature fan palm, bamboo palm, fern rhapis, Rhapis excelsa | small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers |
| reed rhapis, slender lady palm, Rhapis humilis | Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa | |
| Broader | palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
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