Palmaria :: Palmaria (pl. ) of Palmariu.

Palmarium :: Palmarium (n.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.

Palmary :: Palmary (a.) Palmar.

Palmary :: Palmary (a.) Worthy of the palm; palmy; preeminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work..

Palmate :: Palmate (n.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.

Palmate :: Palmate (a.) Alt. of Palmate.

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc..

Palmately :: Palmately (adv.) In a palmate manner.

Palmatifid :: Palmatifid (a.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center..

Palmatilobed :: Palmatilobed (a.) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center..

Palmatisect :: Palmatisect (a.) Alt. of Palmatisecte.

Palmatisected :: Palmatisected (a.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted..

Palmcrist :: Palmcrist (n.) The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.).

Palmed :: Palmed (imp. & p. p.) of Pal.

Palmed :: Palmed (a.) Having or bearing a palm or palms.

Palmer :: Palmer (v. t.) One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice..

Palmer :: Palmer (n.) A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places..

Palmer :: Palmer (n.) A palmerworm.

Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..

Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects..

Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers..

Palmette :: Palmette (n.) A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament..

Palmetto :: Palmetto (n.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage..

Palmic :: Palmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid..

Palmidactyles :: Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet..

Palmiferous :: Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.

Palmigrade :: Palmigrade (a.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals..

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