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Palmatifid
a.
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Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.
Palmatilobed
a.
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Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.
Palmatisect
a.
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Alt. of Palmatisected
Palmatisected
a.
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Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted.
Palmcrist
n.
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The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.)
Palmed
a.
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Having or bearing a palm or palms.
Palmer
v. t.
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One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
Palmer
n.
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A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places.
Palmer
n.
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A palmerworm.
Palmer
n.
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Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
Palmerworm
n.
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Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.
Palmerworm
n.
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In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.
Palmette
n.
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A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.
Palmic
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
Palmidactyles
n. pl.
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A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet.
Palmiferous
a.
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Bearing palms.
Palmigrade
a.
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Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.
Palmin
n.
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A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.
Palmin
n.
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Ricinolein.
Palmiped
a.
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Web-footed, as a water fowl.
Palmiped
n.
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A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.
Palmipedes
n. pl.
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Same as Natatores.
Palmister
n.
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One who practices palmistry
Palmistry
n.
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The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy.
Palmistry
n.
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A dexterous use or trick of the hand.
Palmitate
n.
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A salt of palmitic acid.
Palmite
n.
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A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes.
Palmitic
a.
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Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62¡ C.
Palmitin
n.
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A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.
Palmitolic
a.
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Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid.