Defn: A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; — called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]
PALMACITE
Pal"ma*cite, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil palm.
PALMAR
Pal"mar, a. Etym: [L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf.
F. palmaire.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.
PALMARIUM
Pal*ma"ri*um, n.; pl. Palmaria. Etym: [NL. See Palmar.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.