palm treen.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːm ˌtriː/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)m ˌtri/

Forms: see palm n.¹ and tree n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palm n.¹, tree n.

Etymology: < palm n.¹ + tree n.

1. A tree of the palm family ( Arecaceae ( Palmae)); = palm n.¹ 1.In quot. OE¹ apparently mistakenly translating Latin palmes branch or shoot of a vine (cf. quot. OE at palming n.¹ 1).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palm-tree

palmeOE

palm treeOE

palmerc1400

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree

palmeOE

palm treeOE

palmerc1400

brab1698

palmyra1698

borassus1798

lontar1820

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xv. 4 Sicut palmes non potest ferre fructum a semet ipso nisi manserit in uite : suæ ðio palm-treo ne mæge gebrenge uæstem from him seolfum buta geuuniga in wingearde.

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xv. 27 Ðær wæron twelf wyllas & hundseofonti palmtreowa.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3305 Sexti palme-tren Bi ðo welles men migte sen.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 285 Elephantz..leneþ to a tree for to reste, and nameliche, to þe palme tre.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11660 (MED) A palme tre sco sagh hir bi.

c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 112 He comaunded him to be led to a palme tre whech tre was halowed on to þe deueles.

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 270 (MED) He bad hem taken bowys and branchis of palme trees..& makyn hem tabernaculis.

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iv. f. 147/2 Some allowe, that the water be drawen out wyth the woode of a palmetre, or drye elder.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 588 Apon that palme tree sate certaine crowes many dayes..and neuer left pecking and iobbing at the frute of it.

1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus viii. xviii. §6 The palmtree..was as true an embleme or hieroglyphick of righteousnesse or justice, as the sword is of authority, and power.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 212 Sweeter thy discourse is to my eare Then Fruits of Palm-tree..; they satiate, and soon fill.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Palm The Palm-Tree has a tender Germen, from whence other small Shoots proceed by Intervals.

1769 W. Stork Descr. E. Florida (ed. 3) p. v Cycas Circinalis... Sago Palm-tree. In Java, and the warmest parts of the East-Indies.

1814 J. B. Scott Diary 6 Sept. in E. Mann Englishman Home & Abroad (1930) iii. 68 I saw a few palm trees for the first time.

1871 S. Mateer Travancore 56 The thick, leather-like leaf sheath of the areca palm tree.

1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vi. 126 We came to the police-station,..shaded by a large, golliwog-headed palm tree.

1992 Times 12 Sept. (Sat. Review) 2/4 This luxurious beach resort, with bungalows set amidst palm trees fringing the seashore.

2. English regional and Scottish. Any of various willows or other British trees yielding branches substituted for palms on Palm Sunday (see palm n.¹ 3a).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree > tree used instead of

palm tree1529

1529 Will of Stephen Peche in L. L. Duncan Testamenta Cantiana: West Kent (1906) 35 To be buried in the churchyard of Halgstowe be syde the lytill palme tree.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxxii. 699 Boxe is called..of the common people Palmboom, that is to say, the Boxe tree, and Palme tree, bycause upon Palme Sunday they carie [sic] it in their Churches, and sticke it rounde about in their houses.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 92 You see some Willows or Palm trees bud and blossome sooner then others do.

c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Palm-tree, a yew-tree.

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 371 Palm-tree, a name for the species of willows which furnish the Palms.

1885 W. F. Shaw Liber Estriae iv. 116 Opposite the South Porch there is an ancient yew tree which, amongst the old inhabitants of Eastry, goes by the name of ‘the Palm tree’.

a1914 G. Greig & A. Keith Last Leaves (1925) 264 They found it on the bonnie palm-tree That grows in the plantins o Airlie.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 228 at Palm The sallow, Salix Caprea... Also palm-trei.

1998 Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. The fact that the tree itself bears only five common names—‘ife’ in Suffolk, ‘palm’ in a swathe across southern England and in Ireland, ‘palm tree’ in Kent, ‘vew’ in Cheshire across to Yorks and yew to the madding crowd—indicates that it has always been a tree of some significance, common and easy to recognise.

Compounds

C1.

palm-tree branch n.

ΚΠ

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. vii. 102 It is a Rose of great Diamonds, three or four Inches diameter; in the top of that Rose there is a little Crown, out of which issues a Branch fashioned like a Palm-tree Branch.

1801 in R. Southey Thalaba I. v. 292 Houses, made of palm-tree branches.

1954 H. Ammar Growing up in Egyptian Village ii. vii. 150 These things are necessary for the game: a palm-tree branch (used as a cane), a ring of rope and a very small stick.

2001 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Mar. 1 Adam..began playing roller hockey in the streets seven years ago, using palm tree branches for a hockey sticks.

palm-tree leaf n.

ΚΠ

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vi. 170 In palm tre leiffis.

1882 W. Sharp Human Inheritance ii. 32 One who seem'd a chief Stepped forth and handed him a palm-tree leaf In sign of friendship.

1902 W. Canton Comrades 136 Whether fisher spread His snare of palm-tree leaves and baited thread.

2001 Ventura County Star (Calif.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. b1 Customers lost power from 4:45 p.m. to shortly after 6 p.m. after a palm tree leaf blew into a power line.

palm-tree wood n.

ΚΠ

1844 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Misc. 3 237 What was my surprise and alarm at beholding, not a boat, but a few rough logs of palm-tree wood, lashed temporarily together!

1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 273/1 Palm-tree Wood, the stems or trunks of palms, obtained from the East and West Indies, and imported to a small extent for fancy use. They..are used for cabinet and marquetry work.

1995 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Sunday Mag.) c30 The Palmier pattern takes its name from the exotic palm tree wood used for its handles.

C2.

palm-tree justice n. [with reference to the Islamic judges or qadi (see cadi n.), who traditionally administered justice under a palm tree; compare also quot. 1634 at sense 1] justice summarily administered, esp. without regard for legal principle or precedent.

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society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust

Halifax law1565

Lydford law1565

Halifax inquest1598

Cupar justice1681

Jeddart justice1698

lynch law1782

Judge Lynch1835

lynching1835

lynch law1846

kangaroo justice1909

palm-tree justice1959

1916 A. Underhill in Shakespeare's England I. xiii. 383 In Shakespeare's time the Court of Chancery was almost as unfettered by precedent as the typical Cadi under the Palm Tree.]

1959 Sunday Times 24 May 5/4 What are the origins and associations of the phrase..‘palm-tree justice’, which has recently been used several times by Her Majesty's Judges in legal contexts?

1989 All Eng. Law Rep. III. 750 ‘The court can only act on evidence.’ Otherwise, the judge would be dispensing palm tree justice.

† palm-tree snout-beetle n. Obsolete = palm weevil n. at palm n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1781 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 167 (note) The caterpillar or maggot of the Palm-tree Snout-beetle, Curculio Palmarum, which is served up at all the luxurious tables of the West Indian epicures..as the greatest dainty of the Western world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	palm tree
释义	palm treen. Brit. /ˈpɑːm ˌtriː/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)m ˌtri/ Forms: see palm n.¹ and tree n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palm n.¹, tree n. Etymology: < palm n.¹ + tree n. 1. A tree of the palm family ( Arecaceae ( Palmae)); = palm n.¹ 1.In quot. OE¹ apparently mistakenly translating Latin palmes branch or shoot of a vine (cf. quot. OE at palming n.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palm-tree palmeOE palm treeOE palmerc1400 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree palmeOE palm treeOE palmerc1400 brab1698 palmyra1698 borassus1798 lontar1820 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xv. 4 Sicut palmes non potest ferre fructum a semet ipso nisi manserit in uite : suæ ðio palm-treo ne mæge gebrenge uæstem from him seolfum buta geuuniga in wingearde. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xv. 27 Ðær wæron twelf wyllas & hundseofonti palmtreowa. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3305 Sexti palme-tren Bi ðo welles men migte sen. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 285 Elephantz..leneþ to a tree for to reste, and nameliche, to þe palme tre. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11660 (MED) A palme tre sco sagh hir bi. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 112 He comaunded him to be led to a palme tre whech tre was halowed on to þe deueles. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 270 (MED) He bad hem taken bowys and branchis of palme trees..& makyn hem tabernaculis. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iv. f. 147/2 Some allowe, that the water be drawen out wyth the woode of a palmetre, or drye elder. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 588 Apon that palme tree sate certaine crowes many dayes..and neuer left pecking and iobbing at the frute of it. 1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus viii. xviii. §6 The palmtree..was as true an embleme or hieroglyphick of righteousnesse or justice, as the sword is of authority, and power. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 212 Sweeter thy discourse is to my eare Then Fruits of Palm-tree..; they satiate, and soon fill. View more context for this quotation 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Palm The Palm-Tree has a tender Germen, from whence other small Shoots proceed by Intervals. 1769 W. Stork Descr. E. Florida (ed. 3) p. v Cycas Circinalis... Sago Palm-tree. In Java, and the warmest parts of the East-Indies. 1814 J. B. Scott Diary 6 Sept. in E. Mann Englishman Home & Abroad (1930) iii. 68 I saw a few palm trees for the first time. 1871 S. Mateer Travancore 56 The thick, leather-like leaf sheath of the areca palm tree. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vi. 126 We came to the police-station,..shaded by a large, golliwog-headed palm tree. 1992 Times 12 Sept. (Sat. Review) 2/4 This luxurious beach resort, with bungalows set amidst palm trees fringing the seashore. 2. English regional and Scottish. Any of various willows or other British trees yielding branches substituted for palms on Palm Sunday (see palm n.¹ 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree > tree used instead of palm tree1529 1529 Will of Stephen Peche in L. L. Duncan Testamenta Cantiana: West Kent (1906) 35 To be buried in the churchyard of Halgstowe be syde the lytill palme tree. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxxii. 699 Boxe is called..of the common people Palmboom, that is to say, the Boxe tree, and Palme tree, bycause upon Palme Sunday they carie [sic] it in their Churches, and sticke it rounde about in their houses. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 92 You see some Willows or Palm trees bud and blossome sooner then others do. View more context for this quotation c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Palm-tree, a yew-tree. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 371 Palm-tree, a name for the species of willows which furnish the Palms. 1885 W. F. Shaw Liber Estriae iv. 116 Opposite the South Porch there is an ancient yew tree which, amongst the old inhabitants of Eastry, goes by the name of ‘the Palm tree’. a1914 G. Greig & A. Keith Last Leaves (1925) 264 They found it on the bonnie palm-tree That grows in the plantins o Airlie. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 228 at Palm The sallow, Salix Caprea... Also palm-trei. 1998 Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. The fact that the tree itself bears only five common names—‘ife’ in Suffolk, ‘palm’ in a swathe across southern England and in Ireland, ‘palm tree’ in Kent, ‘vew’ in Cheshire across to Yorks and yew to the madding crowd—indicates that it has always been a tree of some significance, common and easy to recognise. Compounds C1. palm-tree branch n. ΚΠ 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. vii. 102 It is a Rose of great Diamonds, three or four Inches diameter; in the top of that Rose there is a little Crown, out of which issues a Branch fashioned like a Palm-tree Branch. 1801 in R. Southey Thalaba I. v. 292 Houses, made of palm-tree branches. 1954 H. Ammar Growing up in Egyptian Village ii. vii. 150 These things are necessary for the game: a palm-tree branch (used as a cane), a ring of rope and a very small stick. 2001 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Mar. 1 Adam..began playing roller hockey in the streets seven years ago, using palm tree branches for a hockey sticks. palm-tree leaf n. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vi. 170 In palm tre leiffis. 1882 W. Sharp Human Inheritance ii. 32 One who seem'd a chief Stepped forth and handed him a palm-tree leaf In sign of friendship. 1902 W. Canton Comrades 136 Whether fisher spread His snare of palm-tree leaves and baited thread. 2001 Ventura County Star (Calif.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. b1 Customers lost power from 4:45 p.m. to shortly after 6 p.m. after a palm tree leaf blew into a power line. palm-tree wood n. ΚΠ 1844 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Misc. 3 237 What was my surprise and alarm at beholding, not a boat, but a few rough logs of palm-tree wood, lashed temporarily together! 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 273/1 Palm-tree Wood, the stems or trunks of palms, obtained from the East and West Indies, and imported to a small extent for fancy use. They..are used for cabinet and marquetry work. 1995 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Sunday Mag.) c30 The Palmier pattern takes its name from the exotic palm tree wood used for its handles. C2. palm-tree justice n. [with reference to the Islamic judges or qadi (see cadi n.), who traditionally administered justice under a palm tree; compare also quot. 1634 at sense 1] justice summarily administered, esp. without regard for legal principle or precedent. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust Halifax law1565 Lydford law1565 Halifax inquest1598 Cupar justice1681 Jeddart justice1698 lynch law1782 Judge Lynch1835 lynching1835 lynch law1846 kangaroo justice1909 palm-tree justice1959 1916 A. Underhill in Shakespeare's England I. xiii. 383 In Shakespeare's time the Court of Chancery was almost as unfettered by precedent as the typical Cadi under the Palm Tree.] 1959 Sunday Times 24 May 5/4 What are the origins and associations of the phrase..‘palm-tree justice’, which has recently been used several times by Her Majesty's Judges in legal contexts? 1989 All Eng. Law Rep. III. 750 ‘The court can only act on evidence.’ Otherwise, the judge would be dispensing palm tree justice. † palm-tree snout-beetle n. Obsolete = palm weevil n. at palm n.¹ Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1781 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 167 (note) The caterpillar or maggot of the Palm-tree Snout-beetle, Curculio Palmarum, which is served up at all the luxurious tables of the West Indian epicures..as the greatest dainty of the Western world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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