palm tree
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palm tree¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English palmetre, from Old English palmtrēow (“palm tree”), equivalent to palm + tree. Compare Danish palmetræ (“palm tree”), Swedish palmträd (“palm tree”), Norwegian palmetre (“palm tree”), Icelandic pálmatré (“palm tree”).
noun palm trees · palm-tree · palmtree
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A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
“In Egypt the sun is warm on the green palm-trees, and the crocodiles lie in the mud and look lazily about them.”
Similar: palm
Palm Tree²
Where it comes from
Calque of Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).
proper noun
- A town in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the village of Kiryas Joel. The village of Kiryas Joel, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree, is a well-known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community.
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noun tropical tree
| Español | palmera, palma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 야자수 yajasu, 야자 yaja |
| 日本語 | 椰子 yashi |
| 中文 | 棕櫚 /棕榈 zōnglǘ |
| हिन्दी | ताड़ tāṛ |
| Kiswahili | mchikichi |
| Português | palma, palmeira |
| Français | palmier |
| Deutsch | Palme, Palmbaum, Palmenbaum |
| Italiano | palma |
| Ελληνικά | φοίνικας foínikas |
| Română | palmier |
| Русский | па́льма pálʹma |
| Tiếng Việt | cọ, kè |
| العربية | نَخْلَة naḵla |
| עברית | דֶּקֶל dékel |
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