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Definition of Palmlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a palm tree.
Definition of Palmlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a palm tree or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palmlike
1. resembling a palm tree [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmlike
Literary usage of Palmlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seven Weeks in Hawaii by Minnie Leola Crawford (1920)
"... and bare for a hundred feet, until their palmlike top is reached with its
bright yellow fruit slowly swaying in the upper air like a ship at sea. ..."
2. Annual Report by Guam Agricultural Experiment Station (1918)
"This plant has a very beautiful palmlike trunk crowned with stiff fernlike leaves
and bearing nuts called federico or ..."
3. The Living Cycads by Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1919)
"PREFACE The living cycads are fernlike or palmlike plants and are the surviving
remnants of a line reaching back through the Mesozoic into the Paleozoic. ..."
4. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"... tropical Cyclanthaceae, which have on floral grounds often been considered to
form a systematic link between the palmlike monocotyledons and the aroids. ..."
5. An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson (1911)
"Thus they partake of the nature of many different trees; and even their prickly
topknots, seen near at hand against the sky, have a certain palmlike air ..."
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