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palm ~ palm
[both words have the same pronunciation with the letter ‘l’ silent]
“Palm” (noun) is ‘a large tree with branchless trunk (stem), long leaves (called fronds) growing on the top in a mass, fruit grows in bunches, found in the tropical areas and its leaf or leaves held as a sign of victory’,
date palm tree with bunches of dates (fruit)
e.g.
Date palms grow mostly around oases in the deserts.
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“Palm” (noun) is ‘the inner surface of a person’s hand between the wrist and the base of fingers’,
a person’s palms
e.g.
He held the hot pan with bare hands and burnt his palms.
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