key palm

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   small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

   Synonymssilvertop palmettosilver thatchThrinax microcarpaThrinax morrisiiThrinax keyensis

   Broaderfan palm

   Part ofThrinax

Questions about key palm

What does key palm mean?

key palm means "small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba".

What is another word for key palm?

Close synonyms include silvertop palmetto, silver thatch, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii, Thrinax keyensis. 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 key palm a common word?

key palm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.