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Examples:betel palm (Areca catechu)—pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)—Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)—Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)—control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)—Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture—pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—lit. turn over one's palm—palm off (a fake as a genuine)—Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media— |