Palm

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Palm or Palms may refer to:

• The central region of the front of the hand
• Various plants:
  • Arecaceae or palm tree, a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order Arecales
  • Cycas revoluta, a cycad native to southern Japan, sometimes called "Sago palm"
  • Traveler's palm or Ravenala madagascariensis, a species of banana-like plant from Madagascar
• Palm (PDA), the personal digital assistant
  • Palm OS, the operating system of such PDAs
  • Palm, Inc., a hardware manufacturer
• Palm (unit), unit of length
• The Palms, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
• The Palm (restaurant), a restaurant chain originating in New York City
• Palms, Los Angeles, California
• Palm branch (symbol)
• Palm Islands, three artificial islands off the coast of Dubai
• Palm Breweries, a Belgian company
• Palm Pictures, an arthouse film distribution company
• Palm Records, a Hawaiian company
• Thousand Palms, California
• 29 Palms, California
• PhotoActivated Localization Microscopy or PALM

[edit] See also

• Palming, a sleight-of-hand technique
• Palmer
• Palm reading