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  • noun Plural form of palmita.

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Examples

  • They needed quantity and the mainstay of each of their meals was a mass of palmitas; but on this day they had no time to cut down palms.

    IX. Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest 1914

  • They needed quantity and the mainstay of each of their meals was a mass of palmitas; but on this day they had no time to cut down palms.

    Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • Tiramisu: $3.75 dulce de leche and dusted with confectioner's sugar; airy, palm-sized cream puffs drizzled with chocolate; glistening palmitas sprinkled liberally with large crystals of sugar; cups of dark, creamy tiramisu; lacquered alfajores shining brightly up at you - it's a case filled with cookies and pastries and puddings from your fondest dreams.

    Houston Press | Complete Issue 2009

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