clasp clench clutch clutches grasp grip hold | the act of grasping, he released his clasp on my arm, he has a strong grip for an old man, she kept a firm hold on the railing |
scissors scissors hold scissor hold scissor grip scissors grip | a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze |
banded palm civet Hemigalus hardwickii | an East Indian civet |
palm cat palm civet | spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies |
bag traveling bag travelling bag grip suitcase | a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes, he carried his small bag onto the plane with him |
bobby pin hairgrip grip | a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together, used to hold bobbed hair in place, in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip |
handle grip handgrip hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it, he grabbed the hammer by the handle, it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip |
pistol grip | a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol |
grip grasp | an intellectual hold or understanding, a good grip on French history, they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities, he was in the grip of a powerful emotion, a terrible power had her in its grasp |
palm thenar | the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers |
palmistry palm reading chiromancy chirology | telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand |
decoration laurel wreath medal medallion palm ribbon | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
palm oil | oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm |
Palm Beach | a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast |
West Palm Beach | a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach, founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach |
grip | worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made |
grip traction adhesive friction | the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) |
sago palm Cycas revoluta | dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago |
false sago fern palm Cycas circinalis | southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage |
devil's tongue snake palm umbrella arum Amorphophallus rivieri | foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix |
governor's plum governor plum Madagascar plum ramontchi batoko palm Flacourtia indica | small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums |
Adam's needle Adam's needle-and-thread spoonleaf yucca needle palm Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
Palmae family Palmae Palmaceae family Palmaceae Arecaceae family Arecaceae palm family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves, coextensive with the order Palmales |
palm palm tree | any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
sago palm | any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago |
feather palm | palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves |
fan palm | palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves |
coyol coyol palm Acrocomia vinifera | tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber |
grugru gri-gri grugru palm macamba Acrocomia aculeata | tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts |
betel palm Areca catechu | southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk) |
sugar palm gomuti gomuti palm Arenga pinnata | Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers, yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago |
piassava palm pissaba palm Bahia piassava bahia coquilla Attalea funifera | Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes |
palmyra palmyra palm toddy palm wine palm lontar longar palm Borassus flabellifer | tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar, leaves used for thatching and weaving |
rattan rattan palm Calamus rotang | climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes |
fishtail palm | attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage |
wine palm jaggery palm kitul kittul kitul tree toddy palm Caryota urens | fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula, sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago |
wax palm Ceroxylon andicola Ceroxylon alpinum | palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles |
coconut coconut palm coco palm coco cocoa palm coconut tree Cocos nucifera | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits, widely planted throughout the tropics |
carnauba carnauba palm wax palm Copernicia prunifera Copernicia cerifera | Brazilian fan palm having an edible root, source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax |
caranday caranda caranda palm wax palm Copernicia australis Copernicia alba | South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax |
corozo corozo palm | any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts |
gebang palm Corypha utan Corypha gebanga | large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia, leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers |
latanier latanier palm | fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region |
talipot talipot palm Corypha umbraculifera | tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper |
oil palm | pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils |
African oil palm Elaeis guineensis | oil palm of Africa |
American oil palm Elaeis oleifera | palm of Central and South America |
palm nut palm kernel | seed of any oil palm |
cabbage palm Euterpe oleracea | Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young |
cabbage palm cabbage tree Livistona australis | Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young |