Defn: The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.)
PALMED
Palmed, a.
Defn: Having or bearing a palm or palms. Paimed deer (Zoöl.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See lst Palm, 4.
PALMER
Palm"er, n. Etym: [From Palm, v. t.]
Defn: One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
PALMER
Palm"er, n.Etym: [From Palm the tree.]
Defn: 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. Chaucer. Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together. P. Plowman. The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all. T. Staveley.
PALMERWORM Palm"er*worm`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. Joel. i. 4. (b) 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
Pal*mette", n. Etym: [F., dim. of palme a palm.]
Defn: A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; — often called the honeysuckle ornament.