Meaning of jacitara palm | Babel Free

Definitions

A spiny, climbing palm, Desmoncus polyacanthos, native to the southern Caribbean and tropical South America.

Examples

“Climbing plants are monstrous and luxuriant, but others which have never been known to climb elsewhere learn the art as an escape from that somber shadow, so that the common nettle, the jasmine, and even the jacitara palm tree can be seen circling the stems of the cedars and striving to reach their crowns.”

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