kentian.
/ˈkɛntɪə/ A palm with pinnate leaves of the genus so called, native to Australia and some Pacific islands, or one formerly included in this genus.
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1870 B. S. Williams Choice Stove & Greenhouse Ornamental-leaved Plants 223 The Kentias are handsome robust plants, with pinnate leaves.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 779/2 There are 4 palms, among them the Kentia of Fiji.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 9/2 Over 1,000 Kentia palms from the South Sea Islands.
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 255/1 There are four kinds of kentia palms—the thatch, the curly, the umbrella, and the mountain.
1937 M. James Family Garden i. 46 Kentias are sometimes called curly palms.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 1015/2 The Howeas (usually called Kentias in the market) are the most popular of Palms for general decorative work.
1966 E. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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