Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PALM'-TREE, n. [p'am-tree]

The date-tree or Phœnix dactylifera, a native of Asia and Africa, which grows to the highth of 60 and even of 100 feet, with an upright stem, crowned with a cluster of leaves or branches eight or nine feet long, extending all around like an umbrella. The fruit is in shape somewhat like an acorn. This tree transplanted will grow in Europe, but the fruit never ripens. – Encyc. This name is applied to other species of palms.