kentia palm
/ˈkentɪə/(亦作kentia)
noun
1- an Australasian palm tree which is popular as a house plant while it is young荷威棕。
1.1
- Howeia (or Howea, formerly Kentia) forsteriana, family Palmae.拉丁名Howeia (或Howea, 原Kentia) forsteriana,棕榈科。
词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin, named after William Kent (died 1828), botanical collector.