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Definition of Thrinax keyensis

1. Noun. Small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrinax Keyensis

Literary usage of Thrinax keyensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"1899), but apparently to be associated rather with Thrinax keyensis ... This species is evidently much smaller in all its parts than Thrinax keyensis. ..."

2. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"Thrinax Floridana Thrinax microcarpa Thrinax keyensis ... Thrinax keyensis is good for this purpose. When timber gets scarcer, they will be more extensively ..."

3. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"Thrinax keyensis Sarg. Thatch. Leaves rather longer than broad, 3°-4° long, the lowest segments parallel with the petiole or spreading from it nearly at ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1905)
"... struck by the cacti and agave, was a palm, Thrinax keyensis, first discovered some years ago on the Marquesas Keys just to the westward of Key West. ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"... struck by the cacti and agave, was a palm, Thrinax keyensis, first discovered some years ago on the Marquesas Keys just to the westward of Key West. ..."

6. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Thrinax keyensis. Sarg. Thatch. Leaves rather longer than broad, 3°—4° long, the lowest segments parallel with the petiole or spreading from it nearly at ..."

7. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Thrinax keyensis, Sarg. Thatch. Leaves rather longer than broad, 3°-4° long, the lowest segments parallel with the petiole or spreading from it nearly at ..."

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