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nounthe leaf or frond of a palm tree, especially that of a fan palm, used in making fans, hats, thatch, mats, etc. Origin of palm leafFirst recorded in 1650–60 Words nearby palm leafpalmitate, palmitic, palmitic acid, palmitin, palmitoleic acid, palm leaf, palm off, palm oil, palm-oil chop, palmoplantar keratoderma, Palm Springs Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for palm leafHe must have had a place, a hut, a palm-leaf shed, some sort of hovel where he kept his razor and his change of sleeping suits. An Outcast of the Islands|Joseph Conrad Through a hole in each of them dangled a palm-leaf strand; and the Squire's own initial was stamped on both. The Pot of Gold|Mary E. Wilkins Here, each one holding an umbrella in one hand and a palm-leaf fan in the other, they paddled out to the stake boat. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer|Rena I. Halsey They sat down close together, with a boulder only intervening, and on this the palm-leaf dish was placed. Jones of the 64th|F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
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