palm
Definitions of palm
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the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingerstype of:aardgordel, hemelstreek, klimaatgordel, luchtstreek, zonea part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
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any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leavestypes:klapper, klapperboom, kokosboom, kokospalmtall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropicsrotanclimbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canestype of:boom, leest, schoenleesta tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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