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  2. Arecaceae - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, the palm represents peace and plenty, and is one of the Four Species of Sukkot; the palm may also symbolize the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. The canopies of the Rathayatra carts which carry the deities of Krishna and his family members in the cart festival of Jagganath Puri in India are marked with the emblem of a palm tree.

  3. Palm branch - Wikipedia

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    The palm was a symbol of Phoenicia and appeared on Punic coins. In ancient Greek, the word for palm, phoinix, was thought to be related to the ethnonym. In Archaic Greece, the palm tree was a sacred sign of Apollo, who had been born under a palm on the island of Delos. [8] The palm thus became an icon of the Delian League.

  4. Adonidia merrillii - Wikipedia

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    Adonidia merrillii, the Manila palm, is a palm tree species native to the Philippines (Palawan and Danjugan Island). [1] This palm was cultivated for centuries in East Asia before becoming a staple in the West. It is reportedly naturalized in the West Indies and Florida. [3]

  5. Cycad - Wikipedia

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    "Palm Trees, Small Palms, Cycads, Bromeliads and tropical plants". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Site with thousands of large, high quality photos of cycads and associated flora. Includes information on habitat and cultivation. (Site is dead.) "The Cycad Pages". Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.

  6. Phoenix (plant) - Wikipedia

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    The generic name derives from φοῖνιξ (phoinix) or φοίνικος (phoinikos), the Greek word for the date palm used by Theophrastus and Pliny the Elder. It most likely referred to either the Phoenicians ; Phoenix , the son of Amyntor and Cleobule in Homer 's Iliad ; or the phoenix , the sacred bird of Ancient Egypt .

  7. Acrocomia aculeata - Wikipedia

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    This palm tree usually grows up to 10 - 15 metres tall. [3] The leaves are pinnate, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) long, with numerous slender, 50–100 cm (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) long leaflets. Petioles of the leaves are also covered with spines. The flowers are small, produced on a large branched inflorescence 1.5 m (5 ft) long.

  8. Mauritia flexuosa - Wikipedia

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    Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, muriti, miriti (Brazil), canangucho (Colombia), morete or acho (Ecuador), or aguaje (Peru), is a palm tree. It grows in and near swamps and other wet areas in tropical South America. [2] Mauritia flexuosa, a tree, can reach up to 35 m (115 ft) in height. The large leaves form ...

  9. Palmetto - Wikipedia

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    Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to: Palms. Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) family: in the genus Sabal: Bermuda palmetto, Sabal bermudana;