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Areca :: Areca (n.) 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..

Pronation :: Pronation (n.) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.

Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot..

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

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..

Cycad :: Cycad (n.) Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc..

Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..

Sabal :: Sabal (n.) A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.

Web-footed :: Web-footed (a.) Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl..

Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers..

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

Ita Palm :: Ita palm () A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber..

Palmette :: Palmette (n.) A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament..

Tripalmitin :: Tripalmitin (n.) See Palmitin.

Wine :: Wine (n.) A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine..

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

Olay :: Olay (n. pl.) Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel..

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

Ticklish :: Ticklish (a.) Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish..

Palmistry :: Palmistry (n.) The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy..

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