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单词 palm tree
释义

palm2 /päm/

noun
  1. Any tree or shrub of the Palmae /palˈmē/, a large tropical and sub-tropical family of monocotyledons, sometimes climbers but usu branchless trees with a crown of pinnate or fan-shaped leaves
  2. A leaf of this tree carried as a token of rejoicing or of victory
  3. Emblematically, pre-eminence, the prize
  4. A branch of willow or other substitute in symbolic or ceremonial use
ORIGIN: OE palm, palma, palme, also directly from L palma palm tree, from the shape of its leaves; see palm1

palmaceous /pal-māˈshəs/ adjective

Of the palm family

palmarian /pal-māˈri-ən/ or palmary /palˈmər-i/ adjective

  1. Worthy of the ceremonial palm
  2. Pre-eminent

palmette /pal-metˈ/ noun (French)

An ancient architectural ornament like a palm leaf

palmettˈo /pal-/ noun (pl palmettos or palmettoes)

A name for several kinds of palm, notably Sabal and the only European palm Chamaerops

palmiet /pal-mētˈ/ noun

A S African aloe-like riverside plant of the rush family (Prionum palmita)

palmificāˈtion /pal-/ noun

Artificial fertilization of dates by hanging a wild male flower cluster on a cultivated female tree

palmitate /palˈ/ noun

A salt of palmitˈic acid, a fatty acid (C15H31COOH) obtained from palm oil, etc

palmitin /palˈ/ noun

  1. A white fat abundant in palm oil
  2. A glycerine ester of palmitic acid

palmˈy adjective

  1. Bearing palms
  2. Like a palm
  3. Flourishing

palˈma Christi /palˈmə krisˈti/ noun

The castor-oil plant

palm branch noun

A palm leaf

palmˈ-buttˈer noun

Palm oil in a solid state

palmˈ-cabbˈage noun

The bud of the cabbage palm

palm cat or palm civet noun

The paradoxure

palmˈ-courtˈ adjective

Suitable to a palm court, a large, palm-tree-decorated room or conservatory in a hotel, etc, in which, traditionally, light music is played by a small orchestra, a palm-court orchestra

palmˈ-honˈey noun

Evaporated sap of the Chilean coquito-palm

palmˈhouse noun

A glass house for palms and other tropical plants

palmitic acid see palmitate above.

palmˈ-kerˈnel noun

The kernel of the oil palm, yielding palm-kernel oil

palm oil noun

An oil or fat obtained from the pulp of the fruit of palms, esp of the oil palm

palm sugar noun

Jaggery

Palm Sunday noun

The Sunday before Easter, in commemoration of the strewing of palm branches when Christ entered Jerusalem

palm tree noun

palmˈ-tree justice noun

Justice without litigation and legal processes, from the old Arabic or Jewish idea of a wise man dispensing justice under a palm tree

palm wine noun

Fermented palm sap

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