palm leaf

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a leaf or frond of a palm tree, especially one used for thatching, weaving, fibre, or decoration

   The craftworker split the dried palm leaf into narrow strips for weaving.

2. 2
   adj

   made from, decorated with, or shaped like a palm leaf

   He wore a broad palm-leaf hat to keep off the midday sun.

A transparent compound of palm + leaf. Palm comes through Latin palma, 'palm of the hand,' a name encouraged by the resemblance of a spread frond to an open hand. Palm leaf is normally open as a noun and often hyphenated when attributive.

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