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Noun: silver thatch
  1. Small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
    - key palm, silvertop palmetto, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii, Thrinax keyensis
     
  2. Small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
    - thatch palm, thatch tree, broom palm, Thrinax parviflora

Derived forms: silver thatches

Type of: fan palm

Part of: genus Thrinax, Thrinax

Encyclopedia: Silver thatch