palm tree
noun
: a kind of tree that grows in tropical regions and has a straight, tall trunk and many large leaves at the top of the trunk
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In an email to PEOPLE on Tuesday, April 14, the Tempe Police Department said first responders were summoned to the scene following an incident involving the tree trimmer working on a palm tree on the morning of Sunday, April 12.
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David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
However, there is one element that is unique to Coachella and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival — a custom logo of a palm tree and a roadrunner at the center of the wheel that light up when the sun goes down.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
There is one palm tree at Augusta National, just to the right of the green on the par-3 fourth.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
In the Dominican Republic, commercial fishers sometimes place a palm tree, floating upright and attached to a buoy, in the middle of the ocean.
—Mike Kurlansky, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
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David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
However, there is one element that is unique to Coachella and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival — a custom logo of a palm tree and a roadrunner at the center of the wheel that light up when the sun goes down.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
There is one palm tree at Augusta National, just to the right of the green on the par-3 fourth.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
In the Dominican Republic, commercial fishers sometimes place a palm tree, floating upright and attached to a buoy, in the middle of the ocean.
—Mike Kurlansky, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Palm tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palm%20tree. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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