Definition of palm

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Palm (n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

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Trump :: Trump (v. t.) To impose unfairly; to palm off.
Palm :: Palm (v. t.) To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle..
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) A palmerworm.
Sagus :: Sagus (n.) A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.
Pronation :: Pronation (n.) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.
Totipalmi :: Totipalmi (n.pl.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..
Canaliculated :: Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms..
Fin-toed :: Fin-toed (a.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate..
Palmately :: Palmately (adv.) In a palmate manner.
Paum :: Paum (v. t. & i.) To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards.
Arara :: Arara (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus)..
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..
Pelecaniformes :: Pelecaniformes (n. pl.) Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.
Palmin :: Palmin (n.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.
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..
Myricin :: Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol..
Palmiferous :: Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.
Margarin :: Margarin (n.) A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin..
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..
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