Phrase guide
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name
A town in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the village of Kiryas Joel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: palm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
noun
any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: palm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
Narrower terms: sago palm, feather palm, fan palm, calamus, fishtail palm, coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera, corozo, corozo palm, cabbage palm, Euterpe oleracea, cabbage tree, Livistona australis, nipa palm, Nipa fruticans, raffia palm, Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia, lady palm, royal palm, Roystonea regia, Roystonea oleracea
History
From Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).
From Middle English palmetre, from Old English palmtrēow (“palm tree”), equivalent to palm + tree. Compare Danish palmetræ (“palm tree”), Swedish palmträd (“palm tree”), Norwegian palmetre (“palm tree”), Icelandic pálmatré (“palm tree”).
Across languages
121 source translations are retained for this English entry.
