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palm tree

palm tree noun: a tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.

palm tree: a tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly...
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Noun

palm tree (plural palm trees)

  1. A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
    Synonyms:
    palm

Proper noun capitalized: Palm Tree

Palm Tree

  1. A town in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the village of Kiryas Joel.
    • The village of Kiryas Joel, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree, is a well-known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community.2025 June 6, Lana Bellamy, “Orthodox communities see surge in population”, in Times Union, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025

palm tree meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

palm tree in Hindi

tropical tree
ताड़ tāṛ

palm tree in Tamil

tropical tree
பனை paṉai

palm tree in Urdu

palm tree
تال tāl

palm tree in Bengali

palm tree
হেঁতাল hẽtal
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palm tree in Telugu
తాటిచెట్టు tāṭiceṭṭu
palm tree in Malayalam
പം മരം paṁ maraṁ
palm tree in Gujarati
તાલ tāl
palm tree in Odia
ତାଳଗଛ tāḷagacha
palm tree in Sanskrit
ताल tāla, ताड tāḍa
palm tree in Arabic
نَخْلَة naḵla
palm tree in Malay
palma, nipah
palm tree in Indonesian
palam, palem
palm tree in Persian
نخل naxl, خرمابن xormâban, مخ mox
palm tree in Thai
ปาล์ม bpaam
palm tree in Vietnamese
cọ, kè
palm tree in Myanmar
ထန်း htan:

Synonyms of palm tree

Forms of palm tree

pluralpalm trees
alternative formpalm-tree
alternative formpalmtree

Origin of palm tree

From Middle English palmetre, from Old English palmtrēow (“palm tree”), equivalent to palm + tree. Compare Danish palmetræ (“palm tree”), Swedish palmträd (“palm tree”), Norwegian palmetre (“palm tree”), Icelandic pálmatré (“palm tree”).

Calque of Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).

Words formed from palm tree

Questions about palm tree

What does palm tree mean?
Palm tree means a tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
What is palm tree in Hindi?
Palm tree in Hindi is ताड़ (tāṛ). See Palm tree meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is palm tree?
Palm tree can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of palm tree?
The plural of palm tree is palm trees.

Words near palm tree in the dictionary

  1. Palm Sundays
  2. palm syrup
  3. palm syrups
  4. palm thief
  5. palm thieves
  6. palm tree
  7. palm tree justice
  8. palm tree kale
  9. palm trees
  10. palm vinegar
  11. palm weevil

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: palm tree (page history and authors); Palm Tree (page history and authors); تال (Urdu) (page history and authors); হেঁতাল (Bengali) (page history and authors); તાલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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