blue palm

noun

1

: a dwarf fan palm (Sabal adansonii) of the southern U.S. having a subterranean stem, spineless petioles, and glaucous leaves

2

: a fan palm (Erythea armata) of Lower California with very glaucous leaves and the leaf segments clothed with white filaments

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