: a person wearing two crossed palm leaves as a sign of a pilgrimage made to the Holy Land
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Roundup-resistant weeds like palmer amaranth and waterhemp afflict tens of millions of U.S. farm acres, choking out crops and adding costs for farmers.
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Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
Picard was a Trek paragon: soldier, diplomat, philosopher, intermediary from our lifestream into a megalotheistic abstract-o-realm, expert palmer of face.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2020
China’s approval of Enlist will help provide a new weapon against hard-to-kill weeds like waterhemp and palmer amaranth.
—Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
PALMER — A proposal for a public vote on a 2 percent sales tax to pay for schools didn't make it out of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly chambers Tuesday night.
—Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Aug. 2017
Palmer is slated to begin his afternoon round at 1:40 p.m. Martin Flores, a touring pro who played at Mansfield High School, opened with a 68 and will begin his afternoon round at 3-under.
—Jimmy Burch, star-telegram.com, 5 June 2017
Palmer considered making the move, but was thwarted by his mother, who was not present during the visit, according to a source.
—James Smith, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
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Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
Picard was a Trek paragon: soldier, diplomat, philosopher, intermediary from our lifestream into a megalotheistic abstract-o-realm, expert palmer of face.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2020
China’s approval of Enlist will help provide a new weapon against hard-to-kill weeds like waterhemp and palmer amaranth.
—Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
PALMER — A proposal for a public vote on a 2 percent sales tax to pay for schools didn't make it out of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly chambers Tuesday night.
—Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Aug. 2017
Palmer is slated to begin his afternoon round at 1:40 p.m. Martin Flores, a touring pro who played at Mansfield High School, opened with a 68 and will begin his afternoon round at 3-under.
—Jimmy Burch, star-telegram.com, 5 June 2017
Palmer considered making the move, but was thwarted by his mother, who was not present during the visit, according to a source.
—James Smith, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
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palmer
noun
palm·er
ˈpäm-ər 
ˈpäl-mər
: a person wearing two crossed palm leaves as a sign of having gone on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Biographical Definition
Palmer 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Palm·er
ˈpä-mər
ˈpäl-mər
Arnold (Daniel) 1929–2016 American golfer
Palmer
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Daniel David 1845–1913 American founder of chiropractic
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