Palm

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Palm or Palms may refer to:

• Palm, the central region of the front of the hand (see Hand or Metacarpus).

Botany

• Palm (plant), a plant in the family Arecaceae or Palmae
• Traveller's Palm or Ravenala madagascariensis, a species of banana-like plant from Madagascar

Technology

• Palm (PDA), a personal digital assistant
  • Palm OS, the initial operating system of such PDAs (succeeded by WebOS)
• PALM, the acronym for Photoactivated Localization Microscopy
• PALMS, the acronym for Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry, an aerosol mass spectrometry instrument

Business

• Palm, Inc., a mobile OS developer and hardware manufacturer of personal digital assistants and smartphones
• Palm Breweries, a Belgian company
• Palm Pictures, an arthouse film distribution company
• Palm Records, a Hawaiian company
• Palms Casino Resort, a resort and residential tower in Las Vegas, Nevada
• The Palm (restaurant), a restaurant chain originating in New York City

Places

• Palm Grove, New South Wales, Australia
• Palm Islands, three artificial islands off the coast of Dubai
  • Palm Jumeirah
  • Palm Jebel Ali
  • Palm Deira
• Palms, Los Angeles, USA
• Palms station, a train station in Palms, Los Angeles, USA
• Palmgrove National Park, Queensland, Australia
• Thousand Palms, California, USA
• Twentynine Palms, California, USA

Other uses

• Palm (band), an American rock band
• Palm (name), a name (including a list of people with the name)
• Palm (unit)
• Palm branch (symbol)
• Palm Springs (disambiguation)
• Palm Sunday
• Palm or palme attachments to certain military decorations (e.g. Croix de Guerre) indicate additional awards
• Palms (band), an American rock band featuring members of Deftones and Isis
  • Palms (album), a first full-length studio record from Palms

See also

• Palmer (disambiguation)
• Palming, a sleight-of-hand technique
• Palmistry
• Sago
• The Palms (disambiguation)