palm tree

[ pahm tree ]

noun

1. any of several kinds of tropical tree with a tall, slender, smooth trunk, no branches, and large, spreading leaves at the top: palm ²( def 1 ).

   All the islands have pristine shores, swaying palm trees, aquamarine waters, and lots of ocean-side adventure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palm tree¹

First recorded before 900

Example Sentences

As regional emblems go, only the palm tree seems to rival the bird of paradise in popularity.

From Los Angeles Times

I said, “There’s a palm tree — I want to hug that palm tree.”

From Los Angeles Times

I’d never seen a f—ing palm tree.

From Los Angeles Times

Khaled Mustafa, a 45-year-old Syrian tailor from Aleppo who lived with his family for the last nine years in Haret Hreik, a neighborhood with many Hezbollah administrative offices, sat cross-legged in the shade of a palm tree on a sidewalk overlooking the Mediterranean.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a drawing of a palm tree with coconuts falling off it; pasted over two of those coconuts were the faces of Ms Braverman and of the then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

From BBC