Definitions for panama hat

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Pan′ama hat′(n.)

  1. a hat made of finely plaited young leaves of the jipijapa plant.

    Category: Clothing

Origin of Panama hat:

1825–35

Princeton's WordNet

  1. boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat(noun)

    a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

Wiktionary

  1. Panama hat(Noun)

    A type of brimmed hat from South America, originally made with straw.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Panama hat(u)

    a fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata)


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