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sand palm

sand palm noun: a small palm, Livistona humilis, of the northern Northern Territory, that typically grows in sandy ground.

Noun

sand palm (plural sand palms)

  1. (Australia) A small palm, Livistona humilis, of the northern Northern Territory, that typically grows in sandy ground.
    • Breakfast was the white heart of a sand palm – succulent and bitter-sweet – and for ‘jam’ we ate bush apples and red ants with green bottoms that were so full of vitamin C they tasted like stings.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 51

Forms of sand palm

pluralsand palms

Questions about sand palm

What does sand palm mean?
Sand palm means a small palm, Livistona humilis, of the northern Northern Territory, that typically grows in sandy ground.
What part of speech is sand palm?
Sand palm is a noun.
What is the plural of sand palm?
The plural of sand palm is sand palms.

Words near sand palm in the dictionary

  1. sand off
  2. sand olive
  3. sand olives
  4. sand painting
  5. sand paintings
  6. sand palm
  7. sand palms
  8. Sand Papago
  9. sand partridge
  10. sand pear
  11. sand pears

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