Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traveller's palm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: trav-eller's -palm
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tropical plant, Ravenala madagascariensis (not a true palm), native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere for its distinctive appearance: banana-like leaves are arranged in a flat, fan-like pattern atop a palm-like trunk.

Inflected Forms

traveller's palms (plural) traveler palm (alternative) traveller palm (alternative) traveler's palm (alternative)

Synonyms

traveller's tree East-West palm

Questions

What does traveller's palm mean?: A tropical plant, Ravenala madagascariensis (not a true palm), native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere for its distinctive appearance: banana-like leaves are arranged in a flat, fan-like pattern atop a palm-like trunk.

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