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palmiet

palmiet noun: a South African flowering plant, Prionium serratum.

Noun

palmiet (plural palmiets)

  1. A South African flowering plant, Prionium serratum.
    • The climate is very salubrious; that of the village, from its situation, very changeable, the N. E. wind creating at times oppressive heat, whilst the condensation of moisture by the palmiet growing in the valley, which extends through the village, renders it desirable that it should be cleared....1845, The Cape of Good Hope Almanac and Annual Register, page 258
    • At some distance by the river was a great brute, bigger than a Newfoundland dog, stalking along with the hideous baboon walk, and tail vehemently cocked up; a troop followed at a distance, hiding and dodging among the palmiets.1864, [Lucie,] Lady Duff-Gordon, “Letters from the Cape”, in Francis Galton, editor, Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1862-3, London; Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., page 194

Examples of palmiet in a sentence

  • E. wind creating at times oppressive heat, whilst the condensation of moisture by the palmiet growing in the valley, which extends through the village, renders it desirable that it should be cleared.1845, The Cape of Good Hope Almanac and Annual Register, page 258:
  • The reserve lies near the northern limit of the distribution of Prionium serratum – a palmiet that resembles a dwarf palm.2017, Willie Olivier, Hiking Trails of South Africa, 4th edition, Struik Travel & Heritage, →ISBN:

Forms of palmiet

pluralpalmiets

Questions about palmiet

What does palmiet mean?
Palmiet means a South African flowering plant, Prionium serratum.
How do you use palmiet in a sentence?
E. wind creating at times oppressive heat, whilst the condensation of moisture by the palmiet growing in the valley, which extends through the village, renders it desirable that it should be cleared.
What part of speech is palmiet?
Palmiet is a noun.
What is the plural of palmiet?
The plural of palmiet is palmiets.

Words near palmiet in the dictionary

  1. Palmieri
  2. Palmieris
  3. palmierite
  4. palmiers
  5. palmiest
  6. palmiet
  7. palmiets
  8. palmiferous
  9. palmification
  10. palmiform
  11. palmigrade

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