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Palmitolic :: Palmitolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid..

Palmin :: Palmin (n.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.

Palm :: Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Scrub :: Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc..

Pedate :: Pedate (a.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf..

Date :: Date (n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself..

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

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

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

Palm :: Palm (n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc..

Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.

Phoenix :: Phoenix (n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.

Palmiped :: Palmiped (n.) A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.

Lif :: Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made..

Palmipedes :: Palmipedes (n. pl.) Same as Natatores.

Arenga :: Arenga (n.) A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm..

Fan Palm :: Fan palm () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts..

Palmitone :: Palmitone (n.) The ketone of palmitic acid.

Cocoa Palm :: Cocoa palm () A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree..

Palmitic :: Palmitic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62¡ C..

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