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Palmyra

Palmyra Meaning & Definition
Palmyra Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Palmyra?

[n] tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

Synonyms | Synonyms for Palmyra: Borassus flabellifer | longar palm | lontar | palmyra palm | toddy palm | wine palm

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See Also | bassine | Borassus | fan palm | genus Borassus

Palmyra In Webster's Dictionary

\Pal*my"ra\, n. (Bot.) A species of palm ({Borassus flabelliformis}) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.

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