English-Dutch translations for palm tree

• palm
  In de Gazastrook hebben we gezien dat honderden meters grond in woestijn is veranderd doordat palmbomen, olijfbomen en sinaasappelbomen zijn uitgegraven en vernietigd en dat huizen zijn afgebroken. In Gaza, we saw hundreds of metres of land where enormous palm trees and olive and orange trees had been uprooted and destroyed, and houses demolished. It had become desert land.
• palmboom

Definition of palm tree

• A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand

Related words

• palm trees
• palmistry
• palmtree