Noun
palmella (plural palmellas)
A soaptree (Yucca elata), of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.
Synonyms: soaptree yucca, soapweed, soapweed yucca
palmella (plural palmellas)
A colony, or an individual cell within a colony, of immobile, asexually reproducing green algae, formed in response to adverse conditions such as desiccation.