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a tree that survives hurricanes by bending where stiffer trees would snap.
means The flat inner surface of your hand between wrist and fingers — or, separately, a tropical tree with fan-like or feathery fronds.
from Both senses trace to Latin 'palma,' which meant the flat of the hand. The tree borrowed the name because its spreading fronds were thought to resemble splayed fingers — the leaf is a hand held up to the sky. From the same root come 'palmistry' (reading the hand) and the verb 'to palm,' as in concealing something in that flat hollow. English took the word in via Old English and Old French.
- flexible spine
- trunks bow nearly to the ground without breaking
- not wood
- palms are grasses, closer to corn than oak
- single bud
- kill the top crown and the whole tree dies
- date dynasty
- a single tree yields a hundred-plus pounds of fruit
- oldest seed
- a 2,000-year-old palm seed was sprouted in Israel
palm jumeirah dubai — artificial palm-shaped island in dubai, uae completed in 2008 with 17 fronds
palmyra syria — ancient city in central syria with 2,000-year-old palm tree oasis ruins
palm springs california — desert resort city in riverside county with 10,000+ palm trees and 350 days of sunshine