HyperDic: lady_palm

English > 1 sense of the expression lady palm:
NOUNplantlady palmany of several small palms of the genus Rhapis
English > lady palm: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants.
Member ofRhapis, genus Rhapisgenus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
Narrowerminiature fan palm, bamboo palm, fern rhapis, Rhapis excelsasmall graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
reed rhapis, slender lady palm, Rhapis humilisChinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa
Broaderpalm, palm treeAny plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

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