‖n.; pl.Pali [ L., a stake. ] (Zool.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree, Syn. Pinus palustris, Georgia pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine
(n) fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil, Syn. swamp oak, Quercus palustris
(n) plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries, Syn. Calla palustris, water arum