fern rhapis

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   small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers

   Synonymsminiature fan palmbamboo palmRhapis excelsa

   Broaderlady palm

Questions about fern rhapis

What does fern rhapis mean?

fern rhapis means "small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers".

What is another word for fern rhapis?

Close synonyms include miniature fan palm, bamboo palm, Rhapis excelsa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fern rhapis a common word?

fern rhapis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.