Palm most commonly refers to: * Palm of the

hand A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "h ...

, the central region of the front of the hand * Palm plants, of family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

List of Arecaceae genera This is a list of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm family, based on Baker & Dransfield (2016), which is a revised listing of genera given in the 2008 edition of ''Genera Palmarum''. Taxonomy This is a list of all the g ...

* Several other plants known as "palm" Palm or Palms may also refer to:

Music

* Palm (band), an American rock band *

Palms (band) Palms is an American post-metal supergroup that formed in 2011. The group features Deftones' vocalist Chino Moreno and three members of the post-metal band Isis: bassist Jeff Caxide, drummer Aaron Harris and guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer. ...

, an American rock band featuring members of Deftones and Isis **

Palms (Palms album) ''Palms'' is the first studio album by the rock band Palms. It was released in 2013 in CD digipack, limited edition vinyl, limited edition cassette and digital download formats by Ipecac Records. The album was made available for streaming by ...

, their 2013 album * Palms (Thrice album), a 2018 album by American rock band Thrice

Businesses and organizations

* Palm, Inc., defunct American electronics manufacturer *

Palm Breweries Palm Breweries is a brewery company. It owns several different Belgian breweries. Total production was 1,700,000 hl of beer in 2004. The brewery was a member of the Belgian Family Brewers society until 2016. History As early as 1597, records can ...

, a Belgian company *

Palm Pictures Palm Pictures is a US-based entertainment company owned and run by Chris Blackwell. Palm Pictures produces, acquires and distributes music and film projects with a particular focus on the DVD-Video format. Palm places an emphasis on such proj ...

, an American entertainment company * Palm Records, a French jazz record label *

Palms Casino Resort Palms Casino Resort is a hotel and casino located near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned and operated by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. It includes 703 rooms and a casino. It was originally owned by th ...

, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, U.S. * The Palm (restaurant), New York City, U.S. * Palm Cabaret and Bar, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Places

United States

* Midway, Lafayette County, Arkansas, also known as Palm *

Palm, Pennsylvania Palm is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies along Pennsylvania Route 29 between Hereford and East Greenville at latitude 40.4281539 longitude −75.5329608. It is located in Upper Hanover To ...

* Palms, Los Angeles **

Palms station Palms station is an elevated light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located over the intersection of National Boulevard and Palms Boulevard in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles, after which t ...

* Palms,

Minden Township, Michigan Minden Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 633 at the 2000 census. Communities * Minden City is a village in the northeast part of the township at . The Minden City ZIP code 48456 ...

Elsewhere

* Palms,

Walkerston, Queensland Walkerston is a town and locality in Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Peak Downs Highway south-west of Mackay. In the , Walkerston had a population of 3,403 people. Geography Walkerston is bounded by the Pio ...

, Australia * Palm Islands, three artificial islands on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Science and technology

* Palm (PDA), a personal digital assistant **

Palm OS Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) was a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996. Palm OS was designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is pro ...

, a discontinued operating system * Photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) * PALM gene in humans

Other uses

Palm (surname) Palm or Palms is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Palm * Anders Palm (born 1942), Swedish literary scholar and linguist * Archibald Palm (1901–1966), South African cricketer * August Palm (1849–1922), Swedish socialist ...

, a name (including a list of people with the name) *

Palm (unit) The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is also used for a second, rather larger unit based on the length of the human hand. The width of the ...

, an obsolete unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm *

Palm branch The palm branch is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The palm ''( Phoenix)'' was sacred in Mesopotamian religions, and in ancient Egypt represented immortality. I ...

, a symbol of victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life *

Palming Palming is a technique for holding or concealing an object in the hand. It is used frequently by magicians to conceal a card, coin, or other object. When it is done skillfully, the hand containing the palmed object is perceived to be completely ...

, a sleight-of-hand technique * Palm, an enhancement to the ''

Croix de Guerre The ''Croix de Guerre'' (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awa ...

'' award * Palm, ISO 15924 code for

Palmyrene script The Palmyrene alphabet was a historical Semitic alphabet used to write Palmyrene Aramaic. It was used between 100 BCE and 300 CE in Palmyra in the Syrian desert. The oldest surviving Palmyrene inscription dates to 44 BCE. The last surviving in ...