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• palm frond — leaf from the palm tree; one of the four species used by Jews in observance of the holiday of Succot …   English contemporary dictionary

• Palm branch (symbol) — Palm fronds A palm branch (or palm frond or palm stem), usually refers to the leaves of the Arecaceae (sometimes known by the names Palmae). The palm branch was a symbol of triumph and victory in pre Christian times. The Romans rewarded champions …   Wikipedia

• palm — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin palma palm of the hand, palm tree; from the resemblance of the tree s leaves to the outstretched hand; akin to Greek palamē palm of the hand, Old English folm, Old Irish lám hand… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• palm branch — branch of a palm tree, long palm frond, one of the four species used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot …   English contemporary dictionary

• Frond — (fr[o^]nd), n. [L. frons, frondis, a leafy branch, foliage.] (Bot.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• frond´less — frond «frond», noun. 1. a) the divided leaf of a fern, palm, or cycad. b) a leaflike part that includes both stem and foliage, such as the thallus of a seaweed or lichen. 2. Zoology. a leaflike expansion in certain animal organisms. ╂[< Latin… …   Useful english dictionary

• palm — palm1 [päm] n. [ME palme < OE palm < L palma: so named because its leaf somewhat resembles the palm of the hand] 1. any of an order (Arecales) of tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees and shrubs, having a woody, usually unbranched …   English World dictionary

• Palm Jumeirah Luxury Villa — (Дубай,ОАЭ) Категория отеля: Адрес: palm jumeirah , frond K , villa 68 …   Каталог отелей

• frond — [frɔnd US fra:nd] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: frons leaves ] a leaf of a ↑fern or ↑palm 1(2) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• frond — [ frand ] noun count a large long leaf divided into many narrow sections: fern/palm fronds a. a long narrow piece of SEAWEED …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• frond — ► NOUN ▪ the leaf or leaf like part of a palm, fern, or similar plant. ORIGIN Latin frons leaf …   English terms dictionary