They took the trail, which plunged them almost immediately into a forest of the palmlike trees.

That day, neither of them had commented on the bruise's perfect palmlike shape.

Not a breath of wind stirred the palmlike leaves of the trees around him.

Pinned against a wall, he shielded himself behind the fronds of a palmlike tree.

Inland the palmlike vegetation rose, casting long and waving shadows in the distance.

Beyond the rise stood a copse of small, squat, palmlike arborids.

The long, almost palmlike fronds of leaves shine bright red, with hints of yellow and orange.

At least one attraction, a palmlike African plant called Encephalartos woodii, is said to be extinct in the wild.

"Vegetarian dinosaurs dined on ferns, floating water plants, and the palmlike cycad.

Roofs of buildings, both flat and brilliantly domed, the palmlike trees popping up in between like strange dandelions.

In Florida and California, thieves have targeted rare African cycads, palmlike plants worth up to $20,000 each.

Dioons are dioecious, palmlike shrubs with cylindrical stems, usually with many leaves.

Dotted over the face of the valley were little clusters of palmlike trees--three or four together as a rule.

Since it grew on palmlike trees, the humans promptly christened it a "kiwi-date" or "kate" fruit.

This Hawaiian lobelioid is a shrub growing 1.5 to 3 meters tall with a palmlike cluster of leaves at the top of the stem.

The ceiling of interlocked palmlike fronds did not so much block sunlight as filter it, dappling the forest floor in yellows and greens.

(The restaurant is named for a spiky, palmlike South Asian tree whose leaves impart a flavor something like vanilla.)

This family are palmlike dioecious trees and shrubs Often called Palms, but these plants are not closely related to palm trees.

All the evidence is there: inset copper panels, rhinestones gathered into sparkling swags, palmlike panaches and concentric ovals.

He held his free hand under one of the drooping fronds of the palmlike tree, and a small leafed branch dropped into it, as if on command.

The buckeye belongs to the same clan as the huge horsechestnut tree with its palmlike foliage, but its shrubby stature and reliable performance give it top rating.

Vibrant and Colorful With a green base of small boxwoods and palmlike cycads, topiaries rise from the boxes, accented by the bright colors of the flowers.

We splashed through the shallow river and down the far bank, but, as we approached George's spot under the shade of some spreading palmlike trees, Mara slowed and stopped.

America Online has invested in Cybiko, Inc., a Bloomingdale, Ill.-based maker of Palmlike hand-held devices aimed at teenage consumers.

Examples include wood sorrel, a pretty, woodland spring flower; Biophytum sensitivum, a palmlike plant from Africa and carambola or star fruit, named for its deeply indented fruit.