palm tree
any of several kinds of tropical tree with a tall, slender, smooth trunk, no branches, and large, spreading leaves at the top: All the islands have pristine shores, swaying palm trees, aquamarine waters, and lots of ocean-side adventure.: See also palm2 (def. 1).
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How to use palm tree in a sentence
There was a plastic palm tree stuck in the front window, so she called the joint the Hawaiian Paradise.
The Stacks: John Schulian’s Classic Profile of Newspaper Columnist Mike Royko | John Schulian | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the fronds of a palm-tree in the wind produce a noise that is unlike the rustle of any other foliage in the world.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodA small palm tree was set in the midst of the arena,—the trunk bronze, the leaves one sheen of gold-foil.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisSome call him the palm-rat, and others the palm-tree squirrel; but as he is neither a rat nor a squirrel, we call him palmist.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonHe had sacrificed his shirt to make a flag with, which he hung at the top of a palm tree, whose foliage he had torn off.
A Passion in the Desert | Honore de Balzac
We had a fairly good substitute, however, in a certain creamy and bitter-tasting juice which we obtained from a palm-tree.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de Rougemont
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