palm

Primary Meanings of palm

1.	n v	the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers touch, lift, or hold with the hands
2.	n	a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
3.	n	any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
4.	n	an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

Full Definitions of palm

n the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

Synonyms:: thenar

Type of:: area, region
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

v touch, lift, or hold with the hands

Synonyms:: handle

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; field
catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket; fumble
handle clumsily; manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it; manhandle
handle roughly; lay hands on
manage with the hands; mouse
manipulate the mouse of a computer; fiddle with, twiddle
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; handle, manage, wield
manage or wield effectively; control, operate
handle and cause to function; knead, massage, rub down
manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; knead, work
make uniform; mix, ruffle, shuffle
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; fiddle, monkey, tamper
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; diddle, fiddle, play, toy
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

Type of:: touch
make physical contact with, come in contact with

n a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

Type of:: linear measure, linear unit
a unit of measurement of length

n any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

Synonyms:: palm tree

Types:: show 43 types...; hide 43 types...; sago palm
any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago; feather palm
palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves; fan palm
palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves; calamus
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes; fishtail palm
attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage; Cocos nucifera, coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics; corozo, corozo palm
any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts; Euterpe oleracea, cabbage palm
Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young; Livistona australis, cabbage palm, cabbage tree
Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young; Nipa fruticans, nipa palm
any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds; Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia, raffia palm
a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks; lady palm
any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants; Roystonea regia, royal palm
tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba; Roystonea oleracea, cabbage palm
West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young; palmetto
any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves; Acrocomia vinifera, coyol, coyol palm
tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber; Acrocomia aculeata, gri-gri, grugru, grugru palm, macamba
tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts; areca
any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts; Arenga pinnata, gomuti, gomuti palm, sugar palm
Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago; Attalea funifera, Bahia piassava, bahia coquilla, piassava palm, pissaba palm
Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes; Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm
tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving; Calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm
climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes; Calamus australis, lawyer cane
tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia; Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago; Ceroxylon alpinum, Ceroxylon andicola, wax palm
palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles; Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax; Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, caranda, caranda palm, caranday, wax palm
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax; Corypha gebanga, Corypha utan, gebang palm
large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers; latanier, latanier palm
fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region; Corypha umbraculifera, talipot, talipot palm
tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper; oil palm
pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils; Metroxylon sagu, true sago palm
Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji; Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao
tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory; Orbignya cohune, cohune, cohune palm
tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory; Phoenix dactylifera, date palm
tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit; Phytelephas macrocarpa, ivory palm, ivory plant, ivory-nut palm
a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts; Raffia taedigera, jupati, jupati palm, jupaty
a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes; Raffia vinifera, bamboo palm
a palm of the genus Raffia; Rhapis excelsa, bamboo palm, fern rhapis, miniature fan palm
small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers; Rhapis humilis, reed rhapis, slender lady palm
Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa; Serenoa repens, saw palmetto, scrub palmetto
small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States; Thrinax parviflora, broom palm, silver thatch, thatch palm, thatch tree
small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto; Thrinax keyensis, Thrinax microcarpa, Thrinax morrisii, key palm, silver thatch, silvertop palmetto
small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

Type of:: tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

Synonyms:: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; Congressional Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor
the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'; Distinguished Service Medal
a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility; Distinguished Service Cross
a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy; Navy Cross
a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy; Distinguished Flying Cross
a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight; Air Medal
a United States Air Force decoration for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight; Silver Star, Silver Star Medal
a United States military decoration for gallantry in action; Bronze Star, Bronze Star Medal
a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight); Order of the Purple Heart, Purple Heart
a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action; Oak Leaf Cluster
a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before; Victoria Cross
a British military decoration for gallantry; Distinguished Conduct Medal
a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field; Distinguished Service Order
a British military decoration for special service in action; Croix de Guerre
a French military decoration for gallantry; Medaille Militaire
a French military decoration

Type of:: accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Primary Meanings of palm

n the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

v touch, lift, or hold with the hands

n a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

n any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

n an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

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