~ PALM       id+ | OPEN HAND LIKE |
             id+ | MEASURE OF WIDTH |
~ PALMA      id+ | BROAD |
             id+ | OPEN HAND |
~ PALMARIS   id+ | WIDTH or BREADTH
                   EQUIVALENT TO FOUR FINGERS |
             id+ | BROAD END OF AN OAR |
~ PALMARIUS  id+ | in ROME for PRIZE DESERVING |
             also A LEAF OF A PALM
     SUGGESTIVE OF A HUMAN PALM WITH DIGITAL or
     FINGER EXTENSIONS
     biol> THE PALM FAMILY or PALMAE INCLUDE OVER
           2200 VARIETIES OF PLANTS
     MOSTLY TROPICAL TREES
     MOSTLY OF A SINGLE TRUNK WITH A CROWN OF
     PALMATE LEAVES
     PALM OIL  DATES  COCONUTS AND FIBERS
     ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC PRODUCTS
     biol> PALMATE REFERS TO FOUR DIVERGING
           LOBES or VEINS IN THE MANNER OF
     FINGERS
     med> PALM OIL IS USED OFTEN USED
          BY THE "JUNK FOOD" INDUSTRY BECAUSE
     IT IS STABLE THUS
     IT DOES NOT BECOME EASILY RANCID
     MANY NUTRITIONISTS WOULD RECOMMEND THE
     USE OF LESS SATURATED OILS
     note THE HUMAN PALM or
          VENTRAL SURFACE OF THE HAND IS
     COVERED BY THE VOLAR or
     RIDGED SKIN AND TRANSVERSED BY CREASES
             OFTEN OBSERVED BY PRACTITIONERS OF
~ PALMISTRY  or CHIROMANCY from
             gr CHIRO = for see> HAND
     see> CHIROPRACTOR
     CHIROMANCY PRETENDS TO
     FORETELL EVENTS FROM THE   see> AUGUR
     INSPECTION OF THE LINES or
     CREASES OF THE PALM OF THE HAND
     med> NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH
          THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RIDGED
     VOLAR SKIN AND VOLAR CREASES or
          see> DERMATOGLYPHICS
~ PALMUS  hx> ROMAN MEASURE EQUIVALENT TO
              SPAN FROM THUMB TO LITTLE FINGER
  OR THREE QUARTERS OF A FOOT