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Vinony

palm tree

noun

  1. tree of the palm family
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).

  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.”

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  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.