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Palm tree
A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
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A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| palmnoun | The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. |
| palm-treenoun | Alternative spelling of palm tree. [A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.] |
| arecanoun | Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. |
| palmyranoun | An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village. |
| fan palmnoun | Any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound). |
| palmerynoun | A palm tree plantation. |
| palmiranoun | Archaic form of palmyra. [A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.] |
| bottle palmnoun | Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, a palm tree found on Round Island |
| palmettonoun | Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens. |
| arengnoun | A palm tree (Arenga pinnata, syn. Saguerus saccharifer) which yields sago, wine, and fibres for ropes. |
| walking palmnoun | A palm tree of species Socratea exorrhiza, which is said to use its complex root system to "walk" across the rainforest floor. |
| rônier palmnoun | palmyra palm (of the genus Borassus) |
| palmyra palmnoun | Any of the genus Borassus of fan palms |
| coconut palmnoun | The tropical palm tree Cocos nucifera, having feathery leaves and bearing coconuts. |
| moriche palmnoun | A palm tree of species Mauritia flexuosa, native to tropical South America. |
| cabbage palmnoun | Any of several different types of palms and palm-like plants. |
| travellers' palmnoun | Alternative form of traveller's palm. [A tropical plant, Ravenala madagascariensis (not a true palm), native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere for its distinctive appearance: banana-like leaves are arranged in a flat, fan-like pattern atop a palm-like trunk.] |
| bread palmnoun | A cycad in the genus Encephalartos. |
| dom palmnoun | Alternative spelling of doum palm. [A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.] |
| traveller's treenoun | Synonym of traveller's palm. |
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