Crossword-Solution: PALMETTE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Palmette | n. | A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament. |
Anagrams
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| PALMETTE | anagram | TEMPLATE |
We have 5 clues for the answer “PALMETTE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ORNAMENT of radiating petals like palm-leaf (archaeol.) | 1 answer |
| ORNAMENT with petals like palm-leaf (archaeol.) | 1 answer |
| PALM-leaved petalled ornament (archaeol.) | 1 answer |
| RADIATING petals like palm-leaf, ornament with (archaeol.) | 1 answer |
| ornament or design resembling the palm leaf | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything
flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour
water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the
waters; to pour out sand or dust.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with PALMETTE (5)
For Sir Arthur Evans has collected all the stages in the transformation of Egyptian palmette pillars into the rayed pillars of Cyprus, in which the leaflets of the palmette become converted (in the Cypro-Mycenæan derivatives) into the rays which he calls "the natural concomitant of divinities of light".[218] The underlying motive which makes such a transference easy is the Egyptian conception of Hathor as a sacred lotus from which the sun-god Horus is born.
Thus the form of the palmette, even if derived, as is not unlikely, from the Egyptian lotus-motive, was assimilated to the more familiar palm-forms of Assyria (Fig.
The anthemion ornament, a form related to the Egyptian lotus and Assyrian palmette, most frequently figures in these.
When examined in place, the running ornament in the hollow of the cornice will be easily recognized--in spite of the mutilation of its upper edge--as made up of a modified form of the palmette motive, which had its origin in the fan-shaped head of the date palm.
The lotus is not to be found in this embroidery; its place is taken by the palmette or tuft of leaves (Fig.