palm tree

[ pahm tree ]

noun

1. any of several kinds of tropical tree with a tall, slender, smooth trunk, no branches, and large, spreading leaves at the top: palm ²( def 1 ).

   All the islands have pristine shores, swaying palm trees, aquamarine waters, and lots of ocean-side adventure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palm tree¹

First recorded before 900

Example Sentences

There was a plastic palm tree stuck in the front window, so she called the  joint the Hawaiian Paradise.

From The Daily Beast

But the fronds of a palm-tree in the wind produce a noise that is unlike the rustle of any other foliage in the world.

From Project Gutenberg

A small palm tree was set in the midst of the arena,—the trunk bronze, the leaves one sheen of gold-foil.

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Some call him the palm-rat, and others the palm-tree squirrel; but as he is neither a rat nor a squirrel, we call him palmist.

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He had sacrificed his shirt to make a flag with, which he hung at the top of a palm tree, whose foliage he had torn off.

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We had a fairly good substitute, however, in a certain creamy and bitter-tasting juice which we obtained from a palm-tree.

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