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Noun: bamboo palm  bam'boo paam
  1. A palm of the genus Raffia
    "The bamboo palm's distinctive stems make it popular in landscaping";
    - Raffia vinifera
     
  2. Small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
    "The bamboo palm is often grown as an indoor ornamental plant";
    - miniature fan palm, fern rhapis, Rhapis excelsa

Derived forms: bamboo palms

Type of: lady palm, Raffia farinifera, raffia palm, Raffia ruffia

Encyclopedia: Bamboo palm