Trachycarpus

noun

Trachy·​car·​pus

: a small genus of low East Asiatic fan palms having leaf sheaths with a dense fibrous network which is made into ropes and netting see hemp palm

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from trachy- + -carpus

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