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Palm tree

noun

Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves. Synonym: palm.

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"Palm tree" Quotes from Famous Books

... fruit in Arabia. But the greatest and best of all is the date. This grows on the date-palm tree. The date palm grows very high. The Arabs are very proud of it. Every part of it is of use to them. Its fruit is the chief food of many of the people. You have seen and perhaps you have eaten dried dates. They are not nearly so sweet or so good as ...

— Big People and Little People of Other Lands • Edward R. Shaw

... sand-roofed treasure-houses of fertility with a crystal key. It can be easily imagined, therefore, that this is a land of striking contrasts. Pass, for example, through the suburbs of Los Angeles, and you will find that, while one yard is dry and bare, the next may be embellished with a palm tree twenty feet in height, with roses clambering over the portico of the house, and lilies blooming in the garden. Of the three things essential to vegetation—soil, sun, and water—man must contribute (and it is all he can ...

— John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) - Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park • John L. Stoddard

... about to be poured out. Listen, warriors, and take warning. Four months since, having performed my pilgrimage to the sepulchre of our Lord in Palestine, I was on my return toward my native land. Wearied and wayworn, I lay down one night to sleep beneath a palm tree, by the side of a fountain, when I was awakened by a voice saying unto me, in soft accents, 'Son of sorrow, why sleepest thou?' I opened my eyes, and beheld one of a fair and beauteous countenance, in shining apparel and with glorious wings, standing ...

— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 - Volume 23, Number 5 • Various

Words linked to "Palm tree" : corozo, Arecaceae, Cocos nucifera, Palmae, coco, lady palm, Euterpe oleracea, Raffia farinifera, cocoa palm, Roystonea oleracea, royal palm, tree, Roystonea regia, coconut tree, family Palmae, palm, palm family, fan palm, sago palm, Raffia ruffia, Palmaceae, family Arecaceae, fishtail palm, raffia palm, coconut palm, calamus, Livistona australis, nipa palm, Nipa fruticans, corozo palm, feather palm, cabbage tree, family Palmaceae, coco palm, cabbage palm, coconut