PALMY
Palm"y, a.
1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore. Pope. His golden sands and palmy wine. Goldsmith.
2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous. In the most high and palmy state of Rome. Shak.
PALMYRA
Pal*my"ra, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
PALO
Pa"lo, n. [Sp. See Pale a stake.]
Defn: A pole or timber of any kind; — in the names of trees. [Sp.
Amer.]
PALO BLANCO Pa"lo blan"co. [Sp. blanco white.] (a) A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light- colored bark. (b) A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark of which is used in tanning.
PALOLA
Pa*lo"la, n. Etym: [Fr. the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pcific Islands, where it is collected for food.