Look up: PALM

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   Palm
   A palm is a tree of the palmaceae family. They are found mainly in tropical countries. They usually have a an upright, unbranched stem and a head of large fan-shaped leaves.
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   Palm
   Lengths: 3 inches. Width of man's palm.
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   palm
   [n] - a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand 2. [n] - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves 3. [n] - the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
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   Palm
   Palm: The grasping side of the hand; the flexor surface of the hand. In contrast to the back of the hand, the extensor surface of the hand. From the Latin 'palma' for the outstretched palm of the hand. The palm tree is so named from the resemblance of the shape of its frond to the palm of the hand.
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   palm
   an alarm generated by a parity decoder indicating the presence of incorrect data at its inputs Category: News-systems and communications
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   Palm
   Palm noun [ Middle English paume , French paume , Latin palma , Greek ..., akin to Sanskrit pāni hand, and English fumble . See Fumble , Feel , and confer 2d Palm .] 1. (Anat.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. « Clench'd her fingers till they bit the ...
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   Palm
   Palm noun [ Anglo-Saxon palm , Latin palma ; -- so named from the leaf resembling a hand. See lst Palm , and confer Pam .] 1. (Botany) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmæ or Palmaceæ ; a palm tree. » Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior ...
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   Palm
   Palm transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Palmed ; present participle & verbal noun Palming .] 1. To handle. [ Obsolete] Prior. 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. « They palmed the trick that lost the game.» Prior. 3. To impose ...
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   Palm
   Palm transitive verb To 'grease the palm' of; to bribe or tip. [ Slang]
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    palm
    1. <anatomy> The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. 'Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm.' (Tennyson) ... 2. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height. ... In Gree ...
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    palm
    thenar noun the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
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    palm
    palm tree noun any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
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    palm
    noun a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
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    Palm
    `Palm` or `Palms` may refer to: * The central region of the front of the hand * `Arecaceae` or palm tree, a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order `Arecales` **Sago palm or `Cycas revoluta`, a cycad native to southern Japan **Traveler's palm or `Ravenala madagascariensis`, a species of banana-like plant from Madagascar **The Palmetum, Malakpet, a garden specialized for Palm trees. * Palm (PDA), the personal digital assistant **...
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    palm
    (pahm) (pahlm) the hollow or flexor surface of the hand. adj., pal´mar., adj.
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    Palm
    • (v. t.) To `grease the palm` of; to bribe or tip. • (n.) A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. • (n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse`s height. • (n.) Th...
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    palm
    (from the article `measurement system`) ...20.62 inches) was subdivided in an extraordinarily complicated way. The basic subunit was the digit, doubtlessly a finger`s breadth, of which ...
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    palm
    (from the article `measurement system`) ...inch); the inch (uncia or pollicus), or 112 foot, was 24.67 mm (0.97 inch); and the palm (palmus), or 14 foot, was 74 mm (2.91 inches).
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    palm
    any member of the Arecaceae, or Palmae, the single family of monocotyledonous flowering plants of the order Arecales.[11 related articles]
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    palm
    palm 1. The part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand (from 3 to 4 inches (7½–10 centimeters), based on the breadth of the hand. 3. A linear measure of from 7 to 10 inches (17½–25 centimeters), based on the length of the hand. 4. The ...
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    palm
    The flat of the hand; the flexor or anterior surface of the hand, exclusive of the thumb and fingers; the opposite of the dorsum of the hand. Syn: palma TA [L. palma]
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    palm
    a traditional unit of distance equal to the length of a person's hand, from the wrist to the end of the middle finger. In the English system this unit is equal to 9 inches (22.86 centimeters) and is usually called a span. The confusion between the two palm units is ancient. In Roman times, the longer unit was known as the palmus major and the short...
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    palm
    a name sometimes used in Dutch for the decimeter (10 centimeters, or about 3.937 inches).
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    palm
    the part of a terminal lug used to make the connection to electrical equipment
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    palm
    palm, common name for members of the Palmae, a large family of chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines. Most species are treelike, characterized by a crown of compound leaves, called fronds, terminating a tall, woody, unbranched stem. The fruits, covered with a tough fleshy, fibrous, or leathery o...
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