palm wine

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noun

wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.

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Origin of palm wine

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby palm wine

palmtop, palmtop computer, palmus, palm vaulting, palm warbler, palm wine, palmy, Palmyra, Palo Alto, palo cortado, palolo

How to use palm wine in a sentence

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
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The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?
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After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.
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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
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“Enjoying the bubbles is as important as enjoying the wine,” Goldston says.
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Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
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HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
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And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
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His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.
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In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.
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British Dictionary definitions for palm wine

palm wine

noun

(esp in W Africa) the sap drawn from the palm tree, esp when allowed to ferment

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