thrinax keyensis

Questions about thrinax keyensis

What does thrinax keyensis mean?

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

What is another word for thrinax keyensis?

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

thrinax keyensis 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.