A panama hat or a panama is a hat, worn especially by men, that is woven from the leaves of a palm-like plant and worn when it is sunny. A natural-colored, hand-plaited hat made from leaves of the jipijapa plant of South and Central America. a light hat for men, made from straw (Panama, from where such hats (made in Ecuador) were exported)
A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata)