South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

Now Susan Mayne, who is a Professor here in the School of Public Health, has done some very interesting work with an electronic device that can be passed over the palm of your hand and measures pigmentation in the hand as a way to assess vegetable intake in people.

苏珊·梅恩,我们公共卫生学院的教授,做了些值得关注的工作,通过电子设备,扫描你的手掌,测算其上色素沉淀,可以得出人们蔬菜的摄入量

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And the book just tells you that, right, in one of those palm"-- the ordinary event which is really trickery, a suggestion ; that nothing has been left to chance in the novel; nothing is ordinary.

这本书也这么告诉大家了，对了，就是在,手里的东西）看似普通的事件实则是个奸计,它是一个提醒，提醒大家这部小说里没有什么事是巧合;,任何事都不普通。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

More phones will be able to support Facebook giving even more people access to their online communities from the palm of their hand.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"You're looking at them and saying, this is my firebase in the Palm of Reeds in Vietnam,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The Palm Bay Police Department is one of only seven agencies to receive a $30,000 grant from the U.S.government to experiment with aviation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

The latest victim on Palm Island of the H1N1 virus is a pregnant woman, who lost her unborn child after contracting the disease.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

Dubai World's debts grew from projects initiated during Dubai's property boom, including man-made islands in the shape of palm trees and the world's tallest building.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

The Pope made no direct mention of the growing scandal during his Palm Sunday sermon.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

For example,it can only be flown in good weather. But officials in Palm Bay say they hope the aircraft will be flying regular patrols within months.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Before it went into effect some economists predicted the trade agreement would increase sales of Indonesian commodities such as palm oil,copper,and rubber, but would hurt low-end manufacturers.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

Some had come to watch the spectacle of the outdoor Palm Sunday mass;

VOA: standard.2010.03.28