Washingtonian.
/wɒʃɪŋˈtəʊnɪə/ Either of two species of fan palm of the genus of this name, Washingtonia filifera and W. robusta, found in California and Mexico and elsewhere.
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Washingtonia1945
1945 J. L. Marshall Santa Fe 188 There were date palms and New Washingtonia palms from the Colorado desert.., but they were tricks of irrigation.
1949 Los Angeles Times Home Mag. 14 Aug. 32/4 There is today an impressive row of Washingtonias..standing like sentinels to direct the way to the ocean's cove park.
1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1168/1 Washingtonias are extensively grown in Calif., often for street planting, and are common along the Gulf Coast, and in Fla., as well as in other parts of the world, particularly those with Mediterranean type of climate.
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