Combining form of L. flābellum fan, used to indicate a fan-like form or arrangement, as in flabellifoliate, flabellinerved adjs.
1880. Gray, Struct. Bot., iii. § 4. 92. Flabellinerved, where straight nerves and ribs radiate from the apex of the petiole, as in Fan-palms and the Gingko tree.
1884. Syd. Soc. Lex., Flabellifoliate having leaves which fold like a fan, as those of Oxalis acetosella.
