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California fan palm

noun

  1. a tall fan palm, Washingtonia filifera, of California, having a shaggy skirt of withered leaves near the top of the trunk.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of California fan palm1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Our native palm is the California fan palm, reaching five, six, even eight stories tall.

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Palm Canyon, home to hundreds of native California fan palm trees, has a parking lot and a trading post at its trailhead.

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In Palm Canyon, you find the world’s largest California fan palm oasis.

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At the far end of Bracks’ cracked driveway, a California fan palm towers over a worn, free-standing basketball hoop.

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Though the live palm has become the Southland’s signature tree, of the many varieties growing in Los Angeles, only the California fan palm is native to Southern California, and it doesn’t even naturally occur in L.A.

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