Lewis Short
(adjective) : palmāris, e, 1. palma.
* A hand's-breadth, or palm, in length, width, etc.: virgulae,Varr. R. R. 1, 35: spatia,Col. 8, 3; 11, 3: scrobes,Pall. 3, 24: palmarem in minutiem contrahi,Arn. 6, 204.
* Of palms, full of palms, palm-: lucus,Amm. 24, 4, 7.
* Trop., that merits the palm or prize, excellent (class.): statua,Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 15: sententia,id. N. D. 1, 8, 20: dea, the goddess of victory, because she is represented with a palm-branch, App. M. 2, p. 116, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary