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palo boniato: Rauvolfia tetraphylla, the devil-pepper.
palo borracho: Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (or similar Ceiba species).
palo de Campeche: logwood, bloodwood, campeche logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum)
palo de San Antonio: Myrsine laetevirens; Thevetia peruviana, Thevetia bicornuta
palo de agua: downpour
palo de amasar: rolling pin
palo de golf: golf club
palo de mesana: mizzenmast
palo de velas: candle tree (Parmentiera cereifera)
palo de yegua: fuchsia; Acrisione denticulata
palo flojo: Albizia inundata
palo mataco: Achatocarpus; Prosopis kuntzei
palo mayor: mainmast
palo negro: Lomatia dentata, a Chilean tree.
palo rosa: a South American tree of species Tipuana tipu
palo santo: guaiacwood, holywood lignumvitae (Guaiacum sanctum and trees and wood of other species of genus Guaiacum; Gonopterodendron sarmientoi, until recently called Bulnesia sarmientoi; Bursera graveolens; Diospyros spp.; Dasyphyllum diacanthoides, earlier called Flotovia diacanthoides
palo seco: sans serif
palo víbora: Tabernaemontana catharinensis
paloduz: licorice root
paloma: dove, pigeon
paloma: dove (peace or negotition supporter); penis
paloma: difficult, complicated; skillful, smart, deft
paloma mensajera: homing pigeon
paloma torcaz: common wood pigeon
paloma zurita: stock dove
palomar: dovecot, dovecote
palomero: pigeon hunter
palometa: dropwort
palometa: one of various types of fish
palomilla: wing nut; a mixture of water and anise liquor; popcorn; white horse; ball bearing
palomina: pigeon guano (used as fertilizer)
palomino: palomino; squab (baby pigeon, baby dove, dove chick); skid mark (visible stain left on underpants); pigeon droppings
palomita: diminutive of paloma, little dove; (piece of) popcorn; check mark, tick; Codonorchis lessonii; diving header
palomita cordillerana: The black-winged ground dove (Metriopelia melanoptera).
palomita dorada: The golden-spotted ground dove (Metriopelia aymara).
palomo: male dove, male pigeon, cock pigeon; coward, punk
palosanto: alternative spelling of palo santo
paloseco: sans serif
paloselfi: selfie stick
palotada: blow with a stick
palote: downstroke; beanpole; drumstick, drum stick (often said specifically of drum sticks for snare drums)
paloteado: a traditional dance from Ribaforada, Navarre
paloteo: stick dance
palotino: Pallottine
palotino: Pallottine
palpable: palpable
palpablemente: palpably
palpación: palpation
palpador: a kind of sensor
palpar: to feel, to touch; to feel
palpebral: palpebral
palpitación: palpitation
palpitante: throbbing, pulsing
palpitar: to palpitate
palpite: hunch
palpo: palp; palpus
palqui negro: green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
palquista: burglar who enters through a window or balcony
palquín de Chile: orange-ball-tree
palta: avocado (fruit); embarrassment, fear