palindrome
nounA word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
nounA segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.
nounA word, verse, or sentence that reads the same either from left to right or from right to left. The English language has few palindromes. Examples are—“Madam, I’m Adam” (supposed speech of Adam to Eve); “lewd did I live & evil I did dwel” (John Taylor).
nounA word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward
nounA word, phrase, number or any other
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A stretch of
a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward