Palm+and+fingers

  • 1palm — palm1 [päm] n. [ME palme < OE palm < L palma: so named because its leaf somewhat resembles the palm of the hand] 1. any of an order (Arecales) of tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees and shrubs, having a woody, usually unbranched …

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  • 2palm — Ⅰ. palm [1] ► NOUN 1) (also palm tree) an evergreen tree with a crown of very long feathered or fan shaped leaves, growing in warm regions. 2) a leaf of a palm awarded as a prize or viewed as a symbol of victory. ORIGIN Latin palma palm (of a… …

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  • 3palm — palm1 /pahm/, n. 1. the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering this part of the hand. 4. Also called… …

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  • 4palm — 1. n. 1 any usu. tropical tree of the family Palmae, with no branches and a mass of large pinnate or fan shaped leaves at the top. 2 the leaf of this tree as a symbol of victory. 3 a supreme excellence. b a prize for this. 4 a branch of various… …

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  • 5palm — palm1 noun 1》 (also palm tree) an unbranched evergreen tree with a crown of very long feathered or fan shaped leaves, growing in tropical and warm regions. [Family Palmae: numerous species.] 2》 a leaf of a palm awarded as a prize or viewed as a… …

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  • 6palm — The flat of the hand; the flexor or anterior surface of the hand, exclusive of the thumb and fingers; the opposite of the dorsum of the hand. SYN: palma [TA]. [L. palma] liver p. exaggerated erythema of the …

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  • 7palm ball — noun : a change of pace pitch in baseball thrown from the palm of the hand with either two or three fingers * * * (also palmball) n. Baseball an off speed pitch in which the ball is released from the palm and thumb rather than the fingers …

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  • 8palm — (p[aum]m), n. [OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. pala mh, akin to Skr. p[=a][.n]i hand, and E. fumble. See {Fumble}, {Feel}, and cf. 2d {Palm}.] 1. (Anat.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the… …

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  • 9Palm Beach International Raceway — Location Palm Beach County, near Jupiter, Florida Time zone UTC 04 Capacity 6,000 Owner …

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  • 10palm — the tree [OE] and the palm of the hand [14] are effectively distinct words in English, but they have the same ultimate source: Latin palma. This originally meant ‘palm of the hand’ (it is related to Irish lám ‘hand’ and Welsh llaw ‘hand’), and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins