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kentia|ˈkɛntɪə|
[mod.L. (C. L. Blume 1836, in Rumphia II. xvii. 94), f. the name of William Kent (d. c 1828), botanical collector + -ia1.]
A palm with pinnate leaves of the genus so called, native to Australia and some Pacific islands, or one formerly included in this genus.
1870B. S. Williams Choice Stove & Greenhouse Ornamental-leaved Plants 223 The Kentias are handsome robust plants, with pinnate leaves. 1909Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 9/2 Over 1,000 Kentia palms from the South Sea Islands. 1937M. James Family Garden i. 46 Kentias are sometimes called curly palms. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 1015/2 The Howeas (usually called Kentias in the market) are the most popular of Palms for general decorative work. 1966E. J. H. Corner Nat. Hist. Palms vii. 172 They [sc. pigeons] have been thought responsible..for the wide distribution of Areca and Kentia in the South Pacific. |