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Palmetto :: Palmetto (n.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage..

Rattan :: Rattan (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes..

Imprecatory :: Imprecatory (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms..

Palmaceous :: Palmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms..

Doldrums :: Doldrums (n. pl.) A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors..

Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation..

Antiphon :: Antiphon (n.) A verse said before and after the psalms.

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To give alms, sympathy, or aid..

Almsgiver :: Almsgiver (n.) A giver of alms.

Embalmer :: Embalmer (n.) One who embalms.

Palmy :: Palmy (a.) Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore..

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

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..

Cycadaceous :: Cycadaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example..

Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms..

Psalter :: Psalter (n.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms..

Unalmsed :: Unalmsed (a.) Not having received alms.

Palmed :: Palmed (a.) Having or bearing a palm or palms.

Psalmograph :: Psalmograph (n.) A writer of psalms; a psalmographer.

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