Jagua palm

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• Palm

  ·vt To <<Handle>>. II. Palm ·noun The flat inner face of an anchor fluke. III. Palm ·add. ·vt To "...

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• palm

  The triangular face of the fluke of an anchor. Also, a shield-thimble used in sewing canvas, rope, &...

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• Coco palm

  ·- ·see <<Cocoa>>. ...

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• Cocoa palm

  ·- A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, a...

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• Cohune palm

  ·add. ·- A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard ...

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• Doom palm

  ·- A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, whic...

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• Doum palm

  ·- ·see Doom palm. ...

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• Fan palm

  ·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...

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• Grugru palm

  ·- A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. ·see Macaw tree, under <<Macaw>>. ...

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• Ita palm

  ·- A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its ...

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• Jaggery palm

  ·add. ·- An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the ...

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• Jupati palm

  ·- A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes. ...

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• Palm Sunday

  ·- The Sunday next before Easter; — so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into...

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• Raffia palm

  ·add. ·- The jupati palm. II. Raffia palm ·add. ·- A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of ...

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• Palm tree

  (Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Alexandra Palm

  n. a Queensland tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M. A beautifully markedwood much used for maki...

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• cabbage-palm

  n. same as cabbage-tree1 (q.v.). ...

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• corypha-palm

  n. an obsolete name for Livistona inermis, now called Cabbage-tree (q.v.). 1847. L. Leichhardt, `O...

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• lawyer-palm

  See lawyer ...

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• nut-palm

  n. a tree, Cycas media,R. Br., N.O. Cycadeae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 21: ...

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• palm, alexandra

  n. a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae. ...

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• palm, black

  n. a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae. ...

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• palm, cabbage

  n. i.q. Cabbage-tree (q.v.) ...

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• palm nut

  n. See under nut. ...

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• palm-wine

  A sub-acid and pleasant fermented tropical drink. (See toddy.) ...

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• Palm Tree

  (Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only t...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• palm, walking-stick

  n. a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• walking-stick palm

  n. See under palm, walking-stick. ...

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• Palm trees, The city of

  The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13. ...

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