palm ~ palm
[both words have the same pronunciation with the letter ‘l’ silent — for the right pronunciation, please click here]
palm trees
“Palm” (noun) is ‘a large tree with branchless trunk (stem), long leaves (called fronds) growing on the top in a mass, fruit grows in bunches, found in the tropical areas and its leaf or leaves held as a sign of victory’,
e.g.
Date palms grow mostly around oases in the deserts.
There are several small indoor palms that are grown in homes, offices and malls to give the inside of the building some green touch.
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a palm of a person
“Palm” (noun) is ‘the inner surface of a person’s hand between the wrist and the base of fingers’,
e.g.
He held the hot pan with bare hands and burnt his palms.
