I. ˈpälmə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, from Latin
1.
a. : palm I 1a
b. : the leaves, fiber, or other part of a palm
2. : any of various plants (as screw pine and yucca) that resemble palms
3. : fiber from yucca ; especially : a pale hard fiber from the leaves of a Mexican arborescent yucca ( Samuela carnerosana )
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Palma de Mallorca, port of Balearic islands
: of or from Palma de Mallorca, Spain : of the kind or style prevalent in Palma