Vocabulary : Palmetto flag to Palmipedes

Palmetto flag : Any of several flags adopted by South California after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.
Palmetto State : South California; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree.
Palmic : Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
Palmidactyles : A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet.
Palmiferous : Bearing palms.

Palmigrade : Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.
Palmin : A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil. ;; Ricinolein.
Palming : of Palm
Palmiped : Web-footed, as a water fowl. ;; A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.
Palmipedes : Same as Natatores.

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