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

Palm tree : Djir-jy or jirjy : Zamia media, gl.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

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

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)

For the Palm tree he had seen, Shedding all his branches green, For he saw the glossy raven, Looking so forlorn and craven, As he dropped a downy feather, Like the snow in winter weather.

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

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