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Grugru Palm :: Grugru palm () A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw..

Sago :: Sago (n.) A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.)..

Bipalmate :: Bipalmate (a.) Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated..

Cycas :: Cycas (n.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago..

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

Palm :: 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.

Palmidactyles :: Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet..

Calumba :: Calumba (n.) 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..

Triton :: Triton (n.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander..

Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer..

Saw Palmetto :: Saw palmetto () See under Palmetto.

Thenar :: Thenar (n.) The palm of the hand.

Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..

Cuff :: Cuff (v. t.) To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap..

Palm :: Palm (n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

Anthemion :: Anthemion () A floral ornament. See Palmett.

Canaliculated :: Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms..

Spathe :: Spathe (n.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix..

Elaeis :: Elaeis (n.) A genus of palms.

Sea Apple :: Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea..

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