Palm

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Palm or Palms may refer to:

• The central region of the human hand
• Palm reading - a form of divination
• Palm (unit) - unit of length
• Plants in any of several different families, particular Arecaceae, but also Cycadaceae (Sago palm) and Heliconiaceae (Traveler's palm)
• Palm wine - made from palm tree sap
• Palm Breweries - a Belgian company
• Palm Records - A Hawaiian based record company
• Palm Pictures - an arthouse film distribution company
• The Palms - hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
• The Palm (restaurant) - a famous steakhouse restaurant chain originating in New York City
• Photoactivated localization microscopy
• palm branch

Places:

• Palm Beach County, Florida
• Palm Desert, California
• Palm Springs, California
• Palms, Los Angeles, California a neighborhood in Los Angeles
• Twentynine Palms, California
• Palm Islands - three artificial islands off the coast of Dubai
  • The Palm, Jumeirah
  • The Palm, Jebel Ali
  • The Palm, Deira

In personal digital assistants:

• Palm (PDA) - the personal digital assistant
• Palm OS - the operating system of such PDAs
• PalmSource, Inc. - a software manufacturer
• Palm, Inc., a hardware manufacturer