This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[L.palma.] The name of about 1,000 species of plants growing in warm climates. Their stems are erect and slender, often lofty, and generally without branches, crowned at the summit with a tuft of large radiating leaves. Most of them are noted for the variety and utility of their products. (See Cocoa; Date.)
 
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