Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same as
palmaceae ; coextensive with the order Palmales.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
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Examples
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Crocker had an instance of this nature in a man with tylosis palmae, in which the skin was cast off every autumn, but the process lasted two months.
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This last group of palmae montanae, which rises in the Andes of
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This last group of palmae montanae, which rises in the Andes of Guanacas nearly to the limit of perpetual snow, was, I believe, entirely unknown before our travels in
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Indians, on the tops of the mauritia palm-trees; and appears to have first brought the fruit to Europe (fructum squamosum, similem palmae pini).
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Corpora hominum salubria et ferentia laborom: rari imbres, uber solum: fruges nostrum ad morem; preterque eas balsamum et palmae.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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At ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Ferrets could also hunt subspecies of endemic lizards Gallotia galloti palmae.
innovations-report 2010
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Ferrets could also hunt subspecies of endemic lizards Gallotia galloti palmae.
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At ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Bird subspecies restricted to the Canary Islands include a subspecies of kestrel (Falco tinnunculus teneriffae), a grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea canariensis), a long-eared owl (Asio otus canariensis), three subspecies of chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs tintillon, F.c. ombriosa, F.c. palmae), a Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis) and two subspecies of great spotted woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major canariensis, D.m. thanneri).
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