"Palm" meaning in English

See Palm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Palms [plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German palme, balme, related to palm (“palm tree”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|gmh|palme}} Middle High German palme Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Palms}} Palm (plural Palms)
  1. A surname mainly of Scandinavian origin.
    Sense id: en-Palm-en-name-dw2RTIno Categories (other): English surnames, English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Palms [plural]
Etymology: See palm. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Palm (plural Palms)
  1. (scouting) Alternative letter-case form of palm Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: palm
    Sense id: en-Palm-en-noun-Ej69MU-o Categories (other): Scouting, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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