English words for 'Palm leaf thatch.'
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noun
- (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
- a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
- hair resembling thatched roofing material
- plant stalks used as roofing material
verb
noun
- West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
- low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
- Euterpe oleracea (acai palm), a Brazilian palm tree
- Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm
- Sabal palmetto, native to the south-eastern USA, Cuba and the Bahamas
- Corypha utan, an East Asian fan palm (including Northern Australia)
- Livistona australis, an Australian palm
- (Australia) Any of several palms of the genera Corypha and Livistona of northeastern and central Australia.
- Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia
noun
- tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
- A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
noun
- tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
- fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
- Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.
noun
- tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
- fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
- Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).
noun
- A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
- (slang) Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
- Used as a term of endearment.
- (by extension) Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
- (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A human head.
- (uncountable, slang) Money.
- (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
- An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
- any of various types of cabbage
- informal terms for money
- any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
verb
noun
- A palmier.
- Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
- A funnel cake.
- (aviation, slang) A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
- A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
- (aerospace, slang) A reinforcing disk on a missile.
- Gynandrocarpa placenta
- Caladium.
- A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
- Burdock (Arctium spp.).
- any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
noun
noun
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
- tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
- Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.
- Any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline.
- The worm bark tree, Andira inermis.
noun
- The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
- A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
- Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
- A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
- made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
noun
- sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
- The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- a participant in a date
- a meeting arranged in advance
- a particular day specified as the time something happens
- the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
- the specified day of the month
- the present
- A point in time.
- One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.
- The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
- A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The anus.
- A pre-arranged meeting.
- (rare) An assigned end; a conclusion.
- A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
- The date palm.
verb
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- go on a date with
- stamp with a date
- assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
- provide with a dateline; mark with a date
- (ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
- (transitive) To determine the age of something.
- (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
- (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
- (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
- (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
- (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
- (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
noun
- palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
- A traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)
- Any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound).
- Any of many plants that have similar palmate leaves. (See Derived terms below.)
noun
noun
noun
noun
- A shrub bearing such fruit.
- A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
- The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
- small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
- any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
noun
- The coconut palm.
- (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture.
- (slang) The human head.
- (slang) A female breast.
- (Malaysia, self-deprecatory) An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil.
- (Singapore, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Malay person who cannot speak Malay.
- A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
- (New Zealand, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Pacific islander.
- (South Africa, Australia, Kenya, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
- (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
- A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
- the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
- tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
- large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
noun
- A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera.
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- (uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.
- hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
noun
noun
adj
- From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.
- Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
- relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
- of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
- characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
- of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
noun
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- Copernicia prunifera (carnauba wax palm)
- South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
- palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
- Cyrtostachys renda (red candle-wax palm)
- especially, Ceroxylon quindiuense
- Any plant of genus Ceroxylon
- Copernicia alba (caranday palm)
noun
- (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
- a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
- hair resembling thatched roofing material
- plant stalks used as roofing material
verb
noun
- West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
- low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
- Euterpe oleracea (acai palm), a Brazilian palm tree
- Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm
- Sabal palmetto, native to the south-eastern USA, Cuba and the Bahamas
- Corypha utan, an East Asian fan palm (including Northern Australia)
- Livistona australis, an Australian palm
- (Australia) Any of several palms of the genera Corypha and Livistona of northeastern and central Australia.
- Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia
noun
- tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
- A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
noun
- tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
- fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
- Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.
noun
- tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
- fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
- Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).
noun
- A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
- (slang) Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
- Used as a term of endearment.
- (by extension) Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
- (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A human head.
- (uncountable, slang) Money.
- (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
- An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
- any of various types of cabbage
- informal terms for money
- any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
verb
noun
- A palmier.
- Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
- A funnel cake.
- (aviation, slang) A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
- A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
- (aerospace, slang) A reinforcing disk on a missile.
- Gynandrocarpa placenta
- Caladium.
- A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
- Burdock (Arctium spp.).
- any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
noun
noun
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
- tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
- Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.
- Any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline.
- The worm bark tree, Andira inermis.
noun
- The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
- A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
- Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
- A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
- made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
noun
- sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
- The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- a participant in a date
- a meeting arranged in advance
- a particular day specified as the time something happens
- the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
- the specified day of the month
- the present
- A point in time.
- One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.
- The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
- A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The anus.
- A pre-arranged meeting.
- (rare) An assigned end; a conclusion.
- A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
- The date palm.
verb
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- go on a date with
- stamp with a date
- assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
- provide with a dateline; mark with a date
- (ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
- (transitive) To determine the age of something.
- (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
- (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
- (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
- (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
- (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
- (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
noun
- palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
- A traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)
- Any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound).
- Any of many plants that have similar palmate leaves. (See Derived terms below.)
noun
noun
noun
noun
- A shrub bearing such fruit.
- A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
- The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
- small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
- any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
noun
- The coconut palm.
- (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture.
- (slang) The human head.
- (slang) A female breast.
- (Malaysia, self-deprecatory) An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil.
- (Singapore, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Malay person who cannot speak Malay.
- A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
- (New Zealand, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Pacific islander.
- (South Africa, Australia, Kenya, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
- (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
- A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
- the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
- tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
- large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
noun
- A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera.
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- (uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.
- hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
noun
noun
adj
- From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.
- Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
- relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
- of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
- characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
- of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
noun
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- Copernicia prunifera (carnauba wax palm)
- South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
- palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
- Cyrtostachys renda (red candle-wax palm)
- especially, Ceroxylon quindiuense
- Any plant of genus Ceroxylon
- Copernicia alba (caranday palm)
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