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

My Italian great-grandmother moved into the English Tudor in the 1940s on a street lined by deodars and palm trees.

From Los Angeles Times

One note proposed replacing the image on the cover page — which showed palm trees on fire against an orange sky — with a “positive” one, such as “firefighters on the frontline.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I can see the palm trees moving back and forth and the hummingbirds in the morning,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

The main structures were clustered at one end of the island around a pool with palm trees and a statue of an African warrior.

From The Wall Street Journal

My friends and I have experienced the kind of contradictory adventure this route allows: playing in the snow in the same weekend we visited an oasis shaded by hulking palm trees.

From Los Angeles Times