What is "royal palm"

Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.]

1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.

2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.

   How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
   --Shak.

3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.

   Battle royal. See under Battle.

   Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel ( Laurus nobilis.)

   Royal eagle. (Zo["o]l.) See Golden eagle, under Golden.

   Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See Osmund.

   Royal mast (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.

   Royal metal, an old name for gold.

   Royal palm (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree ( Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida.

   Royal pheasant. See Curassow.

   Royal purple, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.

   Royal tern (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested American tern ( Sterna maxima).

   Royal tiger. (Zo["o]l.) See Tiger.

   Royal touch, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil.

   Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous.

n. Any of the genus ''Roystonea'' of monoecious palm trees, native to the Caribbean Islands and the adjacent coasts of Florida and Central and South America.

n. tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba [syn: Roystonea regia]

Royal Palm may refer to:

• Royal palm or Roystonea, a genus of palm trees
• Royal Palm (train), a passenger train of the Southern Railway
• Royal Palm (turkey), a breed of domestic turkey

The Royal Palm was a named train of the Southern Railway which ran from Cincinnati, Ohio to Jacksonville, Florida and then on the Florida East Coast Railway to Miami, Florida. The train was discontinued in 1970.