English words for 'palmistry, chiromancy.'
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noun
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- 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
- A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
- (Christianity, historical) Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).
- A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
- (ornithology) A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
- (botany) A fistular stem without an articulation.
- Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).
- the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
- any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
- the hollow spine of a feather
- perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
noun
- Copernicia alba (caranday palm)
- Cyrtostachys renda (red candle-wax palm)
- especially, Ceroxylon quindiuense
- Any plant of genus Ceroxylon
- Copernicia prunifera (carnauba wax palm)
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- 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
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name
noun
- Chionanthus caymanensis
- Astronium spp.
- Gordonia haematoxylon
- Heritiera spp.
- Terminalia canescens
- Cordia subcordata
- Combretum imberbe
- Sideroxylon spp.
- Myracrodruon urundeuva
- Dialium guianense
- Schleichera oleosa
- Cyrilla racemiflora
- Sloania spp.
- Jacquinia keyensis
- Carpinus caroliniana
- Foresteria pubescens
- Casuarina cristata
- Afzelia africana
- Gymnostoma sumatranum
- Aegiphilia martinicensis
- Paubrasilia echinata
- Prunus africana
- (Australia) Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
- Metrosideros spp.
- Backhousia myrtifolia
- Thouina striata
- Schinopsis spp.
- Cliftonia monophylla
- Swartzia spp.
- Exothea paniculata
- Vachellia farnesiana
- Colubrina elliptica
- Senegalia muricata
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
noun
- (palmistry) A particular crease in the palm.
- A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
- (engineering) A system or structure of vital importance to a community.
- (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
- (underwater diving) A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
- (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
- A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
- a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
- line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
- support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
noun
noun
- Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm
- Euterpe oleracea (acai palm), a Brazilian palm tree
- 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
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- West Indian 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
noun
noun
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
noun
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
- A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
- (Christianity, historical) Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).
- A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
- (ornithology) A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
- (botany) A fistular stem without an articulation.
- Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).
- the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
- any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
- the hollow spine of a feather
- perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
noun
- Copernicia alba (caranday palm)
- Cyrtostachys renda (red candle-wax palm)
- especially, Ceroxylon quindiuense
- Any plant of genus Ceroxylon
- Copernicia prunifera (carnauba wax palm)
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- 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
noun
noun
- Chionanthus caymanensis
- Astronium spp.
- Gordonia haematoxylon
- Heritiera spp.
- Terminalia canescens
- Cordia subcordata
- Combretum imberbe
- Sideroxylon spp.
- Myracrodruon urundeuva
- Dialium guianense
- Schleichera oleosa
- Cyrilla racemiflora
- Sloania spp.
- Jacquinia keyensis
- Carpinus caroliniana
- Foresteria pubescens
- Casuarina cristata
- Afzelia africana
- Gymnostoma sumatranum
- Aegiphilia martinicensis
- Paubrasilia echinata
- Prunus africana
- (Australia) Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
- Metrosideros spp.
- Backhousia myrtifolia
- Thouina striata
- Schinopsis spp.
- Cliftonia monophylla
- Swartzia spp.
- Exothea paniculata
- Vachellia farnesiana
- Colubrina elliptica
- Senegalia muricata
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
noun
- (palmistry) A particular crease in the palm.
- A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
- (engineering) A system or structure of vital importance to a community.
- (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
- (underwater diving) A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
- (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
- A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
- a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
- line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
- support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
noun
noun
- Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm
- Euterpe oleracea (acai palm), a Brazilian palm tree
- 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
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- West Indian 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
noun
noun
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