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Sabal

Sabal

9.3
A palm tree with fan-shaped leaves that grows in the Americas
  • noun
  • /ˈsɑːbəl/
  • Specialized
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  • In the park, we admired the tall sabal palm, its fan-shaped leaves creating a beautiful silhouette against the sunset.
  • sabal palm

Examples

  • The sabal palms swayed gently in the ocean breeze, providing shade on the sandy beach.

  • The textiles surrounding the burials are the oldest known fabrics of their type in the New World and are believed to have been made primarily from cabbage palm or sabal palm.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Martin, smiling, narrowed the distance, looking at the trembling trees, feeling something shake loose again, like the leafstalks of the sabal palms.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The local wildlife often shelters among the leaves of the sabal palm trees, finding protection from the sun.

Compounds

Sabal palmetto
  • Specialized
8.1

A palm tree with fan-shaped leaves that grows along the southern US coast

Surface Forms

Sabal singular
Sabals plural

Etymology

Sabal comes from a local Caribbean name used in Spanish for certain fan palms and was kept as the name for this group of palms. Think of Sabal like the familiar palmetto, a coastal tree with 'fan-shaped leaves', so the name helps you remember these palms and where they grow.