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Palm Tree

is said to grow faster for being weighed down. Hence it is the symbol of resolution overcoming calamity. It is believed by Orientals to have sprung from the residue of the clay of which Adam was formed.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pall Mall
Pallace
Palladium
Pallas
Pallet
Palliate
Palm
Palm Off (To)
Palm Oil
Palm Sunday
Palm Tree
Palmer
Palmerin of England
Palmy Days
Palsy
Paludamentum
Pam
Pamela
Pampas
Pamper
Pamphlet