fanleaf

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noun

Any member of Psathyrotes, a genus of North American desert plants, brittlestems.

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Meanings

nounfanleaf (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAny member of Psathyrotes, a genus of North American desert plants, brittlestems.
  2. uncountableAny member of Fioria, a genus of the family Malvaceae.
  3. uncountableThe Grapevine fanleaf virus.
  4. uncountableA fan palm.

    It is probably the Livistona rotundifolia of botanists, and is the most complete and beautiful fan-leaf I have ever seen, serving admirably for folding into water-buckets and impromptu baskets, as well as for thatching and other purposes.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 422

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
brittlestem

Origin

From fan + leaf.

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APA

fanleaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanleaf

MLA

“fanleaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanleaf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fanleaf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanleaf.

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