palm tree

American  

[pahm tree] / ˈpɑm ˌtri /

noun

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of palm tree

First recorded before 900

Example Sentences

Then the green Palm tree, Wept over the noble flea.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

To these passages may be added the following, in which the Palm tree is certainly alluded to though it is not mentioned by name—   Sebastian.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Besides Cloth they make several different sorts of matting, both better and finer than any we have in Europe; the stuff they make it on is the Produce of the Palm tree.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

The Palm tree over them becomes a great mystery of power and grace lifting it to the realm of gods.

From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)

They set up likewise some branches of the Palm tree in different parts of the ground, where they shed some of the wine, doing reverence to the palms.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert