banded palm civet Hemigalus hardwickii | an East Indian civet |
palm cat palm civet | spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies |
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 |
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 |
true sago palm Metroxylon sagu | Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener, Malaya to Fiji |
nipa palm Nipa fruticans | any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries, its sap is used for a liquor, leaves are used for thatch, fruit has edible seeds |
babassu babassu palm coco de macao Orbignya phalerata Orbignya spesiosa Orbignya martiana | tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory |
cohune palm Orbignya cohune cohune | tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory |
date palm Phoenix dactylifera | tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit |
ivory palm ivory-nut palm ivory plant Phytelephas macrocarpa | a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts |
raffia palm Raffia farinifera Raffia ruffia | a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks |
jupati jupaty jupati palm Raffia taedigera | a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes |
bamboo palm Raffia vinifera | a palm of the genus Raffia |