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A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.

See Palmitin.

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

A floral ornament. See Palmette.

A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

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

ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.

To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.

hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. Donne.

f a liane; in the Philippines, esp. any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer. [Colloq.] Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states. The London Times.

branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. Shaded with branching palm. Milton.

relsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow. Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. Palmerston.

The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used…

Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.